All Dressed Up

Here is a photo of my father, David Barton, with his brother John (on the left). They are all dressed up for some occasion but I have not quite figured out which one. My first thought was that it was the day of their sisters’ wedding. That would have made Uncle John almost 11 years old and my father almost 14 years in June 1949 when that wedding took place. Do they look that young in the photo below? I’m not sure they do. The other family occasion that comes to mind is my Aunt Marion and Uncle Jim's wedding in 1953 when they would have been 15 years old and 18 years old.

I’ve asked a couple of relatives if they have any photos of either day with them in it but nobody has seems to have any. For now, it will have to remain a mystery lost in time. Either way, they both looked quite dapper in their suits, didn't they?

Both weddings took place in Carrville Methodist Church (eventually Carrville United Church). Like a lot of small community churches, membership declined drastically over the years and it was no longer sustainable. The building itself was sold and is now a Jewish community centre. Three generations of our family are laid to rest in the cemetery to the east of the church.