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I am trying to find the family of Frederick James Knight, born 1923 in Sydney. I live in Normandy, France close to where a Lancaster bomber crashed on the night of June 6 1944 killing all 7 crew.  There is a monument in their memory, and every year a ceremony in their honour and this is a special year it being the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  Sadly the lady who helped to organise it has recently died and her records cannot be found. 
My husband is trying to pick up the pieces, 3 of the families have been found and we are trying to contact the others, Pilot Officer Frederick Wright being one.
His parents are Frederick Ralph Knight and Margaret Knight but after that I am stuck - does it ring any bells with anyone please?

I have posted before on the subject of my Grandmother's family, the Algeos but despite hours if internet research I admit I am not a great deal wiser.
The things I am positive about are:
My Great-Grandfather, John Algeo was the eldest son of Lewis Algeo Esq of Glenboy, Manorhamilton.
He was born about 1848 in Enniskillen, or that is what he said.
He left Ireland for Liverpool after " a row with his father" and they never communicated again.
I have picked him up as a Bootmaker in Liverpool in 1871 when he would be about 23.  He married Ellen Minehan and went on to be a fairly successful leather dealer and boot/shoe maker.

My Great-grandfather John's brother was the Rev. Lewis Walter Algeo who was drowned off the Donegal coast, this is where things get complicated and I am totally stuck.  Theoretically this cannot be possible as I am pretty sure the Lewis Algeo, their father, born about 1811 didn't marry until 1858 and his marriage certificate says he was a bachelor, previously unmarried.  ( Also 22 but I take this to mean if marriageable age, rather than his actual age - is this correct?)He married Mary Elizabeth Catherine Johnston, daughter of a Rector. I am assuming this is my Lewis Algeo, his father was certainly John Algeo (which explains GG'pa's name) and after a lot of research, his mother Elizabeth Ann.
There were also two brothers, Robert Algeo who ended up as a surveyor for Anglesey ( plenty of family stories/letters to back this, and John who I think was a sea captain and died in Sydney in 1847, both he and Robert were unmarried.

I have family history and letters which back of some of this and have uncovered documentation for the rest.  However I am no nearer finding out exactly John's parentage, other than his father being Lewis Algeo Esq of Glenboy, a farmer.  I am leaning towards the fact he may have been illegitimate, there is no record anywhere of his birth, and following his father's marriage to a highly respectable lady when he was getting on a bit he was cast into the shadows, he would have been 10 at the time, and 12 when his brother the Rev Lewis was born.  When the Rev married, the newspaper announcements make a point of him being 'the only son of Lewis Algeo Esq, JP of Glenboy'.

If anyone can throw any light on this I would be so grateful, I am tearing my hair out and have reams of notes and references but can make no sense of it all, thank you!

Sorry to be back to Matthew and thank you for all your previous help and links which I followed and found out so much more, I really am most grateful.  Having done the research and reading a fair amount about transportation I now have a big question mark which you may be able to hoelp me with or tell me who could.
Matthew was transported to Tasmania for 10 years in 1840 for stealing 'pieces', a bolt of muslin.  He survived the journey and was of 'good conduct'.  In 1846 he was granted a Ticket of Leave and pardoned in 1849.  His wife, Jane, was similarly transported to Tasmania, for 10 years in 1842, again she survived the traumatic journey and according to the surgeon's report didn't need medical attention.  Her offence was handling stolen goods and a previous conviction for stealing cheese, poor dear. Again she was of 'good conduct'.  She was also pardoned in 1849 having served 7 years of her sentence.  I cannot find, as yet, a Ticket of Leave for her.
My question is this, most transportees were young, in their teens, twenties and thirties, but Matthew and Jane were comparitively old, 60 and 51 respectively, the oldest of either of their shipmates by some way and certainly well beyond the average life expectancy for the poor at the time, they were elderly. Matthew was a whip maker and could read and write, Jane could read, they were not convicted of violent crime and don't fit the 'pattern'. They left their only child, a daughter in England and after they were freed she joined them in Sydney.
Would Jane have been able to join Matthew after he had his TOL?  Is their any record that shows where they were assigned on arrival in Hobart? And, only conjecture, could she, in any way, have manipulated her transportation to join him?  A poor woman aged 51, with not much family to support her would face a fairly bleak future in 1840's Liverpool on her own, work house at best, perhaps risking transportation would seem preferable!

I am come to a wall in the search for my Great-grandfather, Thomas Evans, not an easy name!
The few things I know for certain are:
He was born in Denbighshire in or near to 1832.  He died in Liverpool in 1893.  My father said his family were from the rural Ruthin/Mold area and they certainly had connections to Ffronhuelog.  His father was called John who had died before 1856 (when Thomas married Maria Gleave in Liverpool).  He gave his father's profession as 'farmer', but, knowing Thomas, that could be upping things a bit!

I originally had him as born in Nantglyn to  John and Elinor Evans but I really don't think this is right.
I have done a lot of research on line but now I am stumped, there are so many John and Thomas Evans's but none seem to match up.
I have a baptism which is a possibility on March 25 1832 in Cyffylliog, parents John, (miller)and
Elizabeth Evans.  The only 1841 census that could fit is Bachymbyd/Felinfred?dd, Fronhuelog Township, but I can't make out the relationships, it might be that the Thomas aged 9 was orphaned and living with family?  The other people were Thomas aged 60, miller, Catherine 45, Thomas 20, and young Thomas 9.  Millers again, not farmers.
My father who was born in 1898, died a long time ago, Thomas was his Grandfather, but I remember he talked about lovely holidays with his 'cousins' ( not necessarily 1st cousins) at Ffronhuelog, they had one of the first motorbikes in Wales, (Dad fell off and cracked his spine), and when we were round there he always stopped at some old gates and said that was all that was left, it was a quarry by then.  He said his 'Uncle' had once been Mayor of Mold, which must have been in the early 1900's.
That's it, it is difficult checking records from France, but I wondered if anything rang a bell with someone, or you could point me in a new direction please!