Fleure Monteaux
TSS Caronia, 1905, by Gordon Bauwens
“My name is Fleure, Fleure Monteux. I am walking through a landscape with beautiful green hills. There is a path down towards some white houses in the village. In front of one of the houses I see my mother and my younger brother. I can’t see my father. When I look through the eyes of my mother, I recognize my previous mother-in- law. It’s strange. Through the eyes of my younger brother I recognize my previous husband,” Pam said.
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She tried several times before she knew the year was 1902. The same year Fleure and her husband Sean, travelled on a boat to London. She was very happy since Sean had got a job in London. Pam was helping her husband who was working in a house in London. The couple lived in a flat with a couple of rooms, and they managed to make decent money. Fleure felt so much love over for her Sean.
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It was suddenly 1913 and Pam saw herself with her first born child, Celine. Pam was so happy. Unfortunately the war broke out and Sean had to leave for the front.
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Then Pam suddenly felt sadness striking her, when she knew that Sean was never to come back. She had been told by a man coming to her flat, that her husband had been killed.
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Pam and her daughter then had to live with a friend. A few years later, around 1918/1919 Pam died after being bound to her bed with a terrible cough. Pam described how she could see her daughter running around at the age of 5 – 6. When Pam looked down at her dead body she felt sad on behalf of her daughter.
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Finally through LBL, Pam was taken to the Garden of Souls where she met Sean again. Pam was tremendously happy about this,
“Is Sean dressed in his uniform”, I asked.
“No, he is dressed in the clothes he had when we left for England. You, see, I sense very strongly that my daughter Celine later became my own grandmother”, said Pam.