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Topic: WDYTYA Series 4: #4 Carol Vorderman (Read 5117 times)
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carol8353
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My two gorgeous grandsons
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Funny,I was thinking that today...that I know nothing about her.
Apart from, that she was brought up just by her mum,and she has a sister I believe?
No doubt we'll know a little more tomorrow night. I bet they don't do it in order though and flit from one side to the other side of her tree just to confuse us 
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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Pels.
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Well - I'll hold my head in my hands when I say this .. .. but I can't stand the woman .. .. 
I'm hoping she proves me to be totally wrong, as people quite often do and I can then see a different side to her character.
To be honest I'm really looking forward to this one - most likely for all the wrong reasons! 
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northern_rose
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At least one of my ancestors was glamorous!
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Oh Pels! I thought I was the only one...........there's just something about her ........can't explain it. Maybe I'm just envious as I'm hopeless at numbers!
Nanny Jan
I'm a bit the same ....but can't explain why!!
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Wilson in the Lancaster area Clegg in Todmorden Adamson in Edinburgh Miller in Edinburgh Nunn in Norfolk and Co Durham Smith in Glasgow Haig in Peebles/Edinburgh Also Nelson, Gardener, Garnett, Blair, Coleman, Aaronson and many more as the branches expand! Census info is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Paul Caswell
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I found this:
Carol Vorderman was born on 24 December 1960 in Bedford.
Carol Vorderman was brought up in North East Wales and attended the Blessed Edward Jones Catholic School in Rhyl. The equations expert in Countdown was inspired by her maths teacher, Mr Parry. Vorderman went on to study engineering at Cambridge.
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It came from here.
http://www.biogs.com/famous/vorderman.html
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Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury) Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Selattyn) Turner - Dorset(Parkstone) Speight - Essex(Braintree), Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal) Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle) Amey - Suffolk(Haverill) Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham) Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay) Census information is Crown Copyright
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Paul Caswell
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Her birth registry reads:
Vordeman, Carol J. mother's maiden name 'Davies'. Perhaps that's where the Wales connection comes from. Good Welsh name 'Davies'. 
Paul
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Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury) Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Selattyn) Turner - Dorset(Parkstone) Speight - Essex(Braintree), Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal) Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle) Amey - Suffolk(Haverill) Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham) Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay) Census information is Crown Copyright
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Pels.
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I found this last night .. ..
Carol's great-grandfather has two butterflies, several insects, and even a worm named after him!
http://carolvorderman.me.uk/cv_bio.html
Why does this sound ominous? 
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carol8353
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My two gorgeous grandsons
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Oh Pels,
I have tears rolling down my face laughing at this.
Probably not the Vorderman side,but my imagination is running riot now.
A Vorderman worm.........Hmmmmm.
I can't wait. 
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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Pels.
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The butterfly Tanaecia pelea vordermanni
This butterfly, from the obscure Indonesian island of Belitung (west of Borneo) was named in honour of the father of the television personality, Carol Vordermann.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ys/
Taken from the Natural History Museum! Why do the BBC have to do this to us - will she look pleasantly shocked when all this is unravelled? 
I'm wondering if we could do it first to spoil the surprise?
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Ruskie
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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I saw an interview with her years ago (Parkinson perhps?) and her family was very poor - when she was a child her mother and herself used to live in their car. Don't remember about the sister.
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Nutty1966
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Annie Isabelle Bollands nee Rice
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I also do not hold CV in high regard, but, I said that about Barbara Windsor, but I enjoyed her episode very much, even if she did think they were all called "Do", so will not say too much re CV, but hopefully it will be a good show, mind you I bet she can work out real quick how old they all are and when born !!!
Jane
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LEICESTERSHIRE & MIDDLESBROUGH - BOLLANDS, GORE, LINCOLNSHIRE - BAKEWELL, MARRIOTT MONAGHAN & CRAMLINGTON - RICE LAZENBY - HANSOM, HARRISON, NODDINGS, EASBY BARNBY DUN - HARVEY, BLANCHARD DANBY & WHITBY - JEFFELS LIVERPOOL - GANDER SKELTON & ESTON - SEATON BEDALE & MIDDLESBROUGH - STEPHENSON BROUGHTON - HARRISON MIDDLESBROUGH - WARD,FOSTER PINCHINTHORPE - POSTGATE BILSDALE- BOYES Cenusu informations is from crown copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uK |
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