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Family History Beginners Board / penfolds gurlings yard
« on: Wednesday 19 January 11 22:09 GMT (UK) »
hi i have just joined, as i have recentley got some info on my family. My grandad was freddy penfold born in gurlings yeard battersea. born 6 july 1921. his dad frederick a flower seller and marride mary ann they had 6 children.
I have been told that boney born in 1869 in hounslow was a licencesed hawker. he was a fine wagon builder and built serveral Vardos (wagon) there is a story that after months of building the wagons were pulled out only for them to find they were to tall to fit under the arches and had to take the wheels off!!
other family members are Billy Bowls(william penfold) queen elizabeth better known as queenie charity better known as bluey i wish i had known them they sound such great characters
I have been told that boney born in 1869 in hounslow was a licencesed hawker. he was a fine wagon builder and built serveral Vardos (wagon) there is a story that after months of building the wagons were pulled out only for them to find they were to tall to fit under the arches and had to take the wheels off!!
other family members are Billy Bowls(william penfold) queen elizabeth better known as queenie charity better known as bluey i wish i had known them they sound such great characters