SOME SAY HE WORE A TURBAN
Some say he wore a turban
But no one knows for sure
There seems to be no pictures
Not even for 1854!
For that’s the year of marriage
For John Goopy and his wife
An Irish lass called Catherine
To share with him, his life.
John was from Calcutta
Born about 1831
Two daughters were born to them
Before they had a son.
Three more girls and three boys more
In the family they had made
The last of them was Sarah
A quite becoming maid.
John worked in several jobs
But then he disappeared
Was he injured in an accident
As perhaps his wife had feared?
We’ll never know for certain
From his family he had left
Leaving nothing more but questions
And a wife who was bereft.
© Crissouli 20 Aug 2021
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Catherine McCAULEY GOOPY
with daughter ...possibly Sarah. c 1872 |
Image above courtesy of Pixabay