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Topic: Found Anyone Famous (Read 8966 times)
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bel_jon68
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Posts: 156
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...and my husband played round at the Osbornes as a child, and father-in-law did some rewiring for Noddy Holder (well, Noddy Holder's house, rather than Noddy's brain, if you see what I mean)
...but don't tell him I've told you!
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Researching
ARTHUR, ROBERTS, LEWIS and WILLIAMS in Denbighshire/Merionethshire/Glamorgan
EVANS and JONES in Montgomeryshire
FALLOW(E)S, JONES, PREECE and GITTON in Shropshire
and the list keeps growing...
(March 2006) Now looking for HINKS, SPARKES, INGRAM from West Midlands area
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lizdb
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Posts: 9414
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A distant ancestor, Ellen Mary Edmonds appeared on her mother's will as a 'painter of miniatures, under the name Nellie Hepburn Edmonds' Further research found she has a miniature painting in the Victoria and Albert Museum!
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Keith Sherwood
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Posts: 3512
One's native place is the shell of one's soul...
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Not actually descended from anyone famous, but my gt-grandmother met an Italian electrical engineer from Genoa, living in London, and as a result my grandmother was born in 1895, and then fostered and adopted. Her true parents were unable to marry - he was a Catholic, and she not a
Catholic - and five years later he married a woman of the same religious persuasion, who was also a grand-daughter of Daniel O'Connell, the "Liberator" of Ireland.
My grandmother, to prove this was not just another unhappy story of abandonment, grew up in a well-to-do family on Highgate Hill, married my grandfather, who was in the Civil Service in India; when he got knighted in 1946 she became a Lady. She died at the age of 96 in 1992, and was the most remarkable woman I have ever met...
Keith
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minime
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I don't know if you can really consider this famous, but finally I have good news about my family. (not just gangsters and theives..LOL!!!) I found out that my Great grandfather Birchall not only created the art work for the original Dixie Cups, but also the logo used for the Golden gloves for boxing and the Fruit of the loom design. Plus, for anyone from Mass., he created the logo still used by the Lowell Sun too. Woohooo....I have a winner!!!!! 
Minime
p.s. Walt Disney asked him to do artwork for Disneyland, but Great Grandpa thought he was nuts. Who's nuts now?!!!! LOL!!!! 
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Birchall, Cooper, Kearns, Hope, Desmarias
Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada?, France?
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Mobo
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2403
Forever Searching
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Not quite on topic - this is to Jill -
WOW ! Gordon McCrea was one of my all-time heroes (along with the late Howard Keel) - have you ever been in touch with him Jill?
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BUCKLEY, Ches. DUNN, Ireland & Lancs. EDGSON, Rutland, Leics & Lancs. LYON, Lancs. McNULTY, Ireland & Lancs. MORRIS, Beds, Hunts & Lancs. TURNER, Lancs. WILLIAMSON, Lancs. Website: http://www.ag19pfalz36.plus.com/All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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Mobo
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Posts: 2403
Forever Searching
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I'm glad he was a nice man, I thought he would be - your cousin was very lucky. I met Howard Keel once, he used to sponsor a golf tournament here each year, and he was the same very open and friendly.
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BUCKLEY, Ches. DUNN, Ireland & Lancs. EDGSON, Rutland, Leics & Lancs. LYON, Lancs. McNULTY, Ireland & Lancs. MORRIS, Beds, Hunts & Lancs. TURNER, Lancs. WILLIAMSON, Lancs. Website: http://www.ag19pfalz36.plus.com/All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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RachelK
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Posts: 136
My late mother Polly
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Sticking to the west midlands musicians theme, Ozzy, Noddy Holder etc, my cousin used to be married to Roy Wood. He of the long hair, bright make up and ever so slightly annoying xmas song.
Another relation, Letitia Nuttall, was the british roller skating champion in the 60's. Not quite on a par with Torville and Dean I expect. 
Apart from that, just an ordinary bunch of rope spinning/bricklaying/metal working/farm digging/pub singing (and drinking)/horse shoeing/clothes washing/dinner cooking/sewing/mending/baby making people that I love to find out any old bit of info about.
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Staffordshire - Kendrick, Higgs, Ralph, Mears, Egginton, Simkiss, Beebee, Hartshorn, Pitt, Howard, Law, Hilton, Humphreyson,
Worcestershire - Kendrick, Onions, Timmins, Harvey, Stephens, Hill
Shropshire - Williams, Wilcox, Moreton, Poole, Gennoe, Stedman, Astley, Morris, Roe
Carmarthenshire - Naylor
Montgomeryshire - Williams, Wilcox
Middlesex - Silver, Martin
Suffolk - Chenery
Somerset - Owen, Chorley, Rugg
Lancashire - Evans, Silver
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gillj
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A distant cousin of my husband's did the voice of 'Zippy' on rainbow, I'm afraid on my side it's a black sheep my paternal grandmother's cousin was William Joyce (otherwise known as Lord Haw-Haw).
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Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukHammond - Cheshire/Lancashire Penn - Cumberland Brooke - Ireland Stark - Scotland Jenkins - Newent,Gloucestershire Wakeley/Morris/Stubbs - Shropshire |
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1000xlch
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 641
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Not quite a direct descendant but partners side has a connection with JRR Tolkien and Lady companion to Anthony Trollope.
Not much more excitement yet though!
John Rowley
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DUNN - Cambuslang, LKS FORSYTH - Shotts, LKS FRAME - Hamilton, LKS HODGSON - Hamsterley, DUR HUMPHREY - Easingwold, NRY HUNT - Frimley, Surrey MCKECHNIE - Argyll - Shotts NETHERCLIFF(T)/ DRAYCOTT Sandhurst, BKS PEPPERCORN - Lolworth, Cambs PRATT - Thirsk, NYK REDSHAW - Hamsterley, DUR REYNOLDS - Fritton,Stratton,NFK ROWLEY - STS to DUR TALLACK - St Agnes Padstow,CON WALMSLEY - NRY,Brum WILSON - Hamsterley, Co Durham Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Iria
RootsChat Aristocrat
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My Bold Ancesters are a Direct Line to The Bolds of Bold Hall Lancashire
Regards
Iria
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Harold Liverpool and Warwickshire Slater Liverpool Murray Liverpool Garner Liverpool Lister/Lester Liverpool and Cambridgeshire Norris Liverpool and Ireland Census Information is Crown Copyright From: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Llwyd
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 435
Searching,forever searching!!!.
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Hi there,
My dad used to tell us and his grand children that we had a relative called Llewelyn Morris Humphreys,from mid-Wales, who was a member of Al Capone's mob in 1930's Chicago.
Yes,he existed and was known as Murry The Hump and yes he had mob connections.In fact he was a very bad man and,at one point in his criminal career,was public enemy number one.
At present I have not found any connection, but who knows.There is more often than not some truth in family stories,proving it is a different matter.
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Humphreys; originating in Montgomeryshire and spreading out locally, nationally and internationally.
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dennford
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2132
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As a young boy I was always led to believe that my grandmother Hepzibah Daykin/Hall was related to Florence Nightingale, something that I have always kept at the back of my mind even though I viewed such statements with a grain of salt.
However I recently found that my mothers cousin while tracing the Flavell family history is of the opinion that there may be some probability behind the myth. Also the name Nightingale occurs as a middle name with several of my ancestors on the Daykin / Hall side of the family. And the Nightingale/Shore Family definately have Derbyshire connections. All facts which by themselves are meaningless as are many of the individual bits and pieces. Put together though they say to me that I should either prove or disprove it.
If anyone out there can help me to be able to brag or alternatively sit in a corner in embarresed silence please do so.
The above is from the following post
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,78881.0.html
Denn
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell
South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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