The Franklin Family, Wales

Tom Franklin was born in 1894 to William Franklin and Elizabeth Vivash. He had 6 siblings. When Tom was 7, in 1901, he Dad died. His oldest brother, William, died at Gallipoli in 1915. He married Maud Bayliss in 1921, and had their first child, Violet, in the same year. He later had 3 more children. His wife, Maud, died in 1942, 9 years after the birth of his final child, Nancy. In 1960, Nancy got married. He spent the whole day decorating and preparing his house for when they arrived back home for the party, after the ceremony. Sadly, they didn't go back to the house for the party, and he was left there for an hour before his eldest daughter came to tell him. A few weeks later, he got very very ill, and became paralyzed from the neck down. Violet's children, who adored him were heartbroken to see him in such a state, and after a few days, he died. two years later, Violet's oldest daughter got married, and a year after that, Tom's first great - grandson was born.