My cousin (*) (born in 1943) is trying to find out information about her father, who was French. He was not married to her mother, but a very frequent "visitor".
My cousin (*) believes he was a seaman, who had something to do with the French resistance in WW2. As they Lived in Liverpool, a big sea port at the time, it makes sense. My hubby, who is older, but a child himself at the time (who lived with (*) and her mum for quite a while), thinks he may have been a merchant seaman, because when ever my hubby saw him, he was never in a uniform.....so maybe a merchant seaman or maybe as (*) says, working with the resistance.
When (*)'s mother died a few years ago, she found an old envelope in her handbag and also a short "love note", which her mother had kept since (*) was a tiny baby ! The address on the old envelope was CONAN CHARLES, c/o 39 Rue Du Dr Maguan, Sursenes Seine, Paris.....the writing is hard to decipher, so the spelling may be wrong. Her mother must have kept it as her contact address for him.
Maybe he was a lodger at this address, although (*) seems to think that he might have been living there with his mother.
Would her father's name have been Conan Charles.....or Charles Conan ? He was known by the name of Charlo, maybe a nickname, which is what (*)'s mother always called him.
At 74, (*) now has this great urge to know who her father was. Maybe he was married when he was having an affair in Liverpool with her mother. Maybe (*) has half brothers or sisters.
We just don't have a clue as to where to start looking !!!!!! PLEASE can you help or advise us....or maybe you might be able to throw some light on this and be able to find some information.
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