Week 48 (Nov. 29-Dec. 5): Strength
Week 48 (Nov. 29-Dec. 5): Strength The “strength ” of a Military wife. Violetta Beatty Gifkins was the wife of my grand-uncle. This lady has been a puzzle over the years as she was known as “aunt beatty” and it was believed to have been her surname and she used it as didn’t like her first name. Even on photos she is listed as “beatty”. However, after going down the wrong line for a very long time and having her as Margaret Beattie married to Fred, it came to light via a professional genealogist that her name was Violetta Betty Gifkins and she was married to Fred’s brother Arthur who went under the name of Fred!!! For the purpose of this story I will refer to her as “beatty”. Beatty was born 29 th January 1915 in Lambeth to Francis Gifkins and his wife Mary Brown. She was the 3 rd child and 3 rd daughter they had out of 6 children. She was named after her fathers mother. The photo right is of Beatty and her husband Arthur in Nigeria. On the 1939 census she is listed a...