Grandpa Samuel Eulogy

Grandpa Samuel and Grandma Dorothy were born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Grandpa was born in 1930, and grandma Dorothy Isabela Violet in 1926. Grandpa had no middle name and Grandma had two. I don’t know how that happened. During the days of my grandpa’s youth, World War II was being fought during the years of 1939 to 1945. Belfast, Northern Ireland was the target of many air raids. It was a mandatory requirement for parents to evacuate their young children to the country for safety reasons. Grandpa Sam was one of the ones that had to move, he didn’t see his parents for 4 years. He and four of his six brothers were raised by somebody that they had not previously met. During those four years, he worked for a farmer and delivered milk between the ages of 10 to 14 as well as other chores to help out the family.
After the war Grandpa moved back to the city. He worked in the shipyard where the famous “Titanic” was …show more content…
She was not effected by World War II as much Grandpa was. While living on the farm, she was taught to work hard. She manually managed the horse team with her father in the fields. It was said that she could manage a team of horses as well as any man, even though she was very small and soft spoken. She had a reputation in the region for being good at breaking horses. In those days’, women would wear a dress to do everything and never would think to wear pants unless they were trying to disguise themselves as a man to help in the war as messengers.
My Great Grandpa Harry Eadie was a Gospel preacher. He was known in the area for asking people if he could pitch a tent on their property to preach the gospel, sometimes for weeks at a time. On one occasion, it just so happened to be on my grandma Eadie’s parents’ farm. Grandpa accompanied his dad many times on these trips. Grandpa and grandma still had not met each other