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thank you Nick, I will follow that up.  And thank you Helen.  I tried to send you a photo too, but could not make it work.  I am not at home at the moment, but will use the personal message system to see if i can send it to you, and would love to see yours.  I sent on the info to my mother and she was absolutely thrilled
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Diane

thank you all so much for all this information, especially Helen for that marriage and the children.  I have lots of leads to follow up, excellent.  My parents were just talking about Julia the other day, one of the last conversations she and my father had was regarding the suitability of Eisenhower for the presidency, they didnt see her after 1952.  Howard Swallow, her nephew, was my grandfather, and I cant help but think that she named her eldest son after him.  Howard was her oldest sister's illegitimate child, and was about 12 when Julia went to the U.S.  She offered to take him with her, Walter and Frank were already settled there, but Jane (Howard's mother) wouldnt let him go.  Thank you all so much, my parents will be thrilled to know that she married and had children -- they obviously never discussed so prosaic matters, politics being so much more riveting.
Diane

sorry to be so slow, i have not been checking my old email address where the messages are going.  I will check when he left britain in 1907, but have since discovered that there were a few walter swallows -- how confusing.  thank you so much for your help
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Diane

Dear Bryant, what a gem you are.  I had seen that death for Sarah and thought that must be her, it is great to have some confirmation because i did get so confused that i wondered what was going on.  I am in Oz, and wrote the details to my uncle who is keen too, as he is in england and i thought he might get the cert, but if he has he is not letting the rest of us know.
According to the grandson of the second wife, who lives in Canada, Frederick married a Rachel Spinks, but since the first child was born in 1904, and he used the name Rouse as his surname, it is all a bit confusing.  I suspect he never married her, but then I have no idea how you might investigate divorces at that time, i guess they happened. 
We are off to europe on friday for an extended stay, but i have the death cert details in my notebook, will get to england before the end of the year and have lots of questions for a couple of uncles! 
thanks so much for your assistance
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Diane

I continue to be amazed, I have never heard of RAGK, but it is just the sort of thing that goes on.  How amazing your father knew Walter Swallow.  The world does seem to be getting smaller and smaller.  and thank you so much for your kindness.  The website seems to have been down lately, but thankfully back up again.
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Diane