It is 100 years since Madge Stevens was born - Pt 23
08 Apr 1980, 11th great grandchild, Samatha Jade Pawluk (Cindy & John’s 1st)
08 Sep 1980, 12th great grandchild, Ian Tyler Diehl (Wendy & Ernie’s 3rd)
18 Sep 1980, 13th great grandchild, Cody Raymond Mankelow (Barbara & Ray’s 2nd)
07 Oct 1980, 14th great grandchild, Peter Richard Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 1st)
1980 Songs; Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another Brick In the Wall, Magic, Upside Down, Lady, Just Like Starting Over.
Events; Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada, the US and 60 other countries boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competitors from New Zealand competed under their association flag, Eight US troops are killed when their planes collide during a failed commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, Iranian Embassy Siege: Six Iranian-born terrorists take over the Iranian embassy in London, UK SAS retakes the Embassy on May 5, Yugoslav President Tito dies, Pac-Man (the best-selling arcade game of all time) is released, Lech Wałęsa leads the first of many strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard, former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly 1 year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis, Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing, John Lennon shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
04 Nov 1981, 15th great grandchild, Robert Arron Bamber (Ian & Jill’s 2nd - Ian spelled the middle name wrong on the birth entry and now it is rather unique)
1981 Songs; Bette Davis Eyes, Endless Love, Physical
Events; Space Shuttle launched, Yorkshire Ripper arrested and found guilty, President Reagan shot and the Pope shot, the South African Springbok Rugby team tour New Zealand with much dissent and protest, Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer, Egyptian President Sadat assassinated.
12 May 1982, 16th great grandchild, Katherine Jill Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 2nd)
31 May 1982, 17th great grandchild, Robert Ian Blundell (Robbie & Peter’s 2nd)
1982 Songs; Centerfold, Ebony And Ivory, Up Where We Belong, Chariots Of Fire
Events; Falklands War, Sony introduce the compact disc or CD, the Commodore 64 PC is released, In Canada, Dominion Day is officially renamed Canada Day.

1982, Humphrey sibling reunion in U.S.A

1982, Humphrey Reunion (Spouses Tolerated) in U.S.A.

1982, Madge with Terry in front of Wendy's house in Calgary

1982, Madge, Audrey and farm dog at Victoria Valley Farm, New Zealand. (Note on back says 1982)
25 Jun 1983, 8th grandchild, Judy Jagert remarries – to Larry Dalton
30 Jul 1983, 10th grandchild, Jill Patterson marries Glenn Norrie
18 Oct 1983, 18th great grandchild, Ashley Dawn Pawluk (Cindy & John’s 2nd)
1983 Songs; Billie Jean, Flashdance, Every Breath You Take, Islands In The Stream, Say Say Say. Flashdance and Return Of The Jedi become box office hits.
Events; Australia wins the America’s Cup, Koren Airlines747 shot down by Soviets when it intrudes their airspace, Microsoft Word first released, Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
31 Jul 1985, 19th great grandchild, Tyler Ian Bamber, (Ian & Jill’s 3rd)
1985 Songs, Jump, When Doves Cry, Ghostbuster, Like A Virgin. Charity single ‘We Are The World’ is released by USA for Africa.
Events; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union, Coca Cola releases New Coke, which didn’t go down well with customers, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is sunk in Auckland Harbour by French agents, Commodore releases the Amiga computer
24 Apr 1986, 20th great grandchild, Claire Elizabeth Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 3rd)
06 Jun 1986, 21st great grandchild, Sabrina Paige Pawluk (Cindy & John’s 3rd)
1986 Songs; That’s What Friends Are For, Greatest Love Of All, Stuck With You, Walk Like An Egyptian.
Events; Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, Comet Halley makes its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century, In Ukraine, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
24 Oct 1987, 12th grandchild, Philippa Bamber marries Mark Antony Cope (Tony) Again Madge makes her way to N.Z. for a wedding.
1987 Songs; Livin’ On A Prayer, With Or Without You, Alone, La Bamba, Faith
Events; The Simpsons cartoon first appears on The Tracy Ullman Show, the Iran-Contra affair causes problems for the Reagan administration, World population reaches 5 billion people, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time in July and later in October, Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.

24 Oct 1987, Madge at Philippa and Tony's wedding in New Zealand, Robbie behind Madge with Ray to the left and Tony to the right.

1987, The Golden Chalise, Madge in amongst the toetoe (cutty grass) Victoria Valley farm


1987 Madge with Heather, Shauna and kids

Christmas 1987, at whose home?
16 Oct 1988, 22nd great grandchild, Stephanie Norrie (Jill & Glenn’s 1st)
1988 Songs; One More Try, Roll With It, Don’t Worry Be Happy, Every Rose Has Its Thorn.
Events; Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea, Iran Air Flight 655 is shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes, Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 people, George H. W. Bush wins the US Presidential election, to succeed Ronald Reagan.

Jul 1989, The youngest & oldest sisters of our family taken at Bette & Bill's property out of Edmonton (note on back by Madge and date stamped)

1989, Madge & Shirley, Victoria (note on back)
19 Jul 1989, 23rd great grandchild, Danny Mark Cope, (Philippa & Tony’s 1st)
1989 Songs; Straight Up, Lost In Your Eyes, Like A Prayer, Wind Beneath My Wings, Right Here Waiting, Miss You Much, Another Day In Paradise.
Events; The Exxon Valdez spills 11 million gallons of oil after running aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, Tiananmen Square protests result in a massacre by the Army, November 9 –East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany for the first time in decades (the next day celebrating Germans began tearing the wall down). 1989: The Year That Changed the World.
08 Sep 1980, 12th great grandchild, Ian Tyler Diehl (Wendy & Ernie’s 3rd)
18 Sep 1980, 13th great grandchild, Cody Raymond Mankelow (Barbara & Ray’s 2nd)
07 Oct 1980, 14th great grandchild, Peter Richard Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 1st)
1980 Songs; Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another Brick In the Wall, Magic, Upside Down, Lady, Just Like Starting Over.
Events; Pierre Trudeau returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada, the US and 60 other countries boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competitors from New Zealand competed under their association flag, Eight US troops are killed when their planes collide during a failed commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, Iranian Embassy Siege: Six Iranian-born terrorists take over the Iranian embassy in London, UK SAS retakes the Embassy on May 5, Yugoslav President Tito dies, Pac-Man (the best-selling arcade game of all time) is released, Lech Wałęsa leads the first of many strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard, former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly 1 year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis, Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing, John Lennon shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
04 Nov 1981, 15th great grandchild, Robert Arron Bamber (Ian & Jill’s 2nd - Ian spelled the middle name wrong on the birth entry and now it is rather unique)
1981 Songs; Bette Davis Eyes, Endless Love, Physical
Events; Space Shuttle launched, Yorkshire Ripper arrested and found guilty, President Reagan shot and the Pope shot, the South African Springbok Rugby team tour New Zealand with much dissent and protest, Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer, Egyptian President Sadat assassinated.
12 May 1982, 16th great grandchild, Katherine Jill Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 2nd)
31 May 1982, 17th great grandchild, Robert Ian Blundell (Robbie & Peter’s 2nd)
1982 Songs; Centerfold, Ebony And Ivory, Up Where We Belong, Chariots Of Fire
Events; Falklands War, Sony introduce the compact disc or CD, the Commodore 64 PC is released, In Canada, Dominion Day is officially renamed Canada Day.

1982, Humphrey sibling reunion in U.S.A

1982, Humphrey Reunion (Spouses Tolerated) in U.S.A.

1982, Madge with Terry in front of Wendy's house in Calgary

1982, Madge, Audrey and farm dog at Victoria Valley Farm, New Zealand. (Note on back says 1982)
25 Jun 1983, 8th grandchild, Judy Jagert remarries – to Larry Dalton
30 Jul 1983, 10th grandchild, Jill Patterson marries Glenn Norrie
18 Oct 1983, 18th great grandchild, Ashley Dawn Pawluk (Cindy & John’s 2nd)
1983 Songs; Billie Jean, Flashdance, Every Breath You Take, Islands In The Stream, Say Say Say. Flashdance and Return Of The Jedi become box office hits.
Events; Australia wins the America’s Cup, Koren Airlines747 shot down by Soviets when it intrudes their airspace, Microsoft Word first released, Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
31 Jul 1985, 19th great grandchild, Tyler Ian Bamber, (Ian & Jill’s 3rd)
1985 Songs, Jump, When Doves Cry, Ghostbuster, Like A Virgin. Charity single ‘We Are The World’ is released by USA for Africa.
Events; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union, Coca Cola releases New Coke, which didn’t go down well with customers, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is sunk in Auckland Harbour by French agents, Commodore releases the Amiga computer
24 Apr 1986, 20th great grandchild, Claire Elizabeth Cowling (Shauna & Rick’s 3rd)
06 Jun 1986, 21st great grandchild, Sabrina Paige Pawluk (Cindy & John’s 3rd)
1986 Songs; That’s What Friends Are For, Greatest Love Of All, Stuck With You, Walk Like An Egyptian.
Events; Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, Comet Halley makes its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century, In Ukraine, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
24 Oct 1987, 12th grandchild, Philippa Bamber marries Mark Antony Cope (Tony) Again Madge makes her way to N.Z. for a wedding.
1987 Songs; Livin’ On A Prayer, With Or Without You, Alone, La Bamba, Faith
Events; The Simpsons cartoon first appears on The Tracy Ullman Show, the Iran-Contra affair causes problems for the Reagan administration, World population reaches 5 billion people, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time in July and later in October, Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.

24 Oct 1987, Madge at Philippa and Tony's wedding in New Zealand, Robbie behind Madge with Ray to the left and Tony to the right.

1987, The Golden Chalise, Madge in amongst the toetoe (cutty grass) Victoria Valley farm


1987 Madge with Heather, Shauna and kids

Christmas 1987, at whose home?
16 Oct 1988, 22nd great grandchild, Stephanie Norrie (Jill & Glenn’s 1st)
1988 Songs; One More Try, Roll With It, Don’t Worry Be Happy, Every Rose Has Its Thorn.
Events; Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea, Iran Air Flight 655 is shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes, Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 people, George H. W. Bush wins the US Presidential election, to succeed Ronald Reagan.

Jul 1989, The youngest & oldest sisters of our family taken at Bette & Bill's property out of Edmonton (note on back by Madge and date stamped)

1989, Madge & Shirley, Victoria (note on back)
19 Jul 1989, 23rd great grandchild, Danny Mark Cope, (Philippa & Tony’s 1st)
1989 Songs; Straight Up, Lost In Your Eyes, Like A Prayer, Wind Beneath My Wings, Right Here Waiting, Miss You Much, Another Day In Paradise.
Events; The Exxon Valdez spills 11 million gallons of oil after running aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, Tiananmen Square protests result in a massacre by the Army, November 9 –East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany for the first time in decades (the next day celebrating Germans began tearing the wall down). 1989: The Year That Changed the World.
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