Hi Carol
Thanks for the reply. We have been searching for Frank for a very many years. The info I have has been taken from his 1918 Attestation Papers and his marriage cert.
His birthdate is supposedly April 15 1889 Cheshire.
He was Protestant, He was a groom by trade.
His sister, Mrs. Annie Blain lived in Norley nr Warrington in 1918
His marriage cert. states his parents names as John and Helen.
His daughters have one picture...the names on it are Robert and
Harry. His childrens names are Margaret , Irene Marion b 1924, Earl & Martha Elaine.
When his daughter Margaret applied for a Passport, She would have been approx 65, her birth cert. came back with the middle name of Davis. She had no prior knowledge that she even had a
middle name and does not know the reason for it.
Irene tells me that Frank's Grandmothers name was Charlotte Walker and that her father wanted to call her "Maude"
I decided to try to find relations on the Blain side, as this seems
the only road to follow. I looked up Norley, Cheshire and found it just down the road from Kingsley. My sister used to live at Blake Lees Farm, Kingsley and my youngest daughter spent her first Christmas at Blake Lees. Divine providence?? Walker and Blain seem to be popular names in the area.
Anything we have come across the name "Frank" was used but we have also checked for "Francis"
He used to tell his children that he was born in the place, the cheese was named after.
I live in Canada, so searching can be difficult.
Would there have been some sort of directory?
If anything had happened to Frank during the war, how would a
letter get to Annie Blain in Norley?
Thanks for your help.
