Eleanor Turnbull Hamer

Michael Johnson’s message to Nina Hamer:

“I remember Eleanor Turnbull’s name being mentioned by my grandmother, but sadly I can’t remember what was being said about her. She was clearly a strong character!”

Nina Hamer’s reply:

“Eleanor Turnbull was definitely the boss in the family. Geoff was such a darling that he just went along with everything. Not that I knew them well, because we lived outside Mexico until I was about 30 and when I came back I had to start over and work my derriere off so didn’t often have time to see them. You can see by their expressions in the photo of them together celebrating a birthday or something, in old age, that they were extremely fond of each other and enjoyed each other’s company hugely. That is a very enviable relationship. I also know that my father adored her and the feeling was mutual. She called him Sonny. Three of her boys and her one girl left Mexico very young to live and work abroad and the one that stayed died of leukemia, also very young, so I’m glad she and Geoff got along so well.”