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Hi!

Whilst doing some speculative searching, I came across a mailing list post from 2001 on RootsWeb asking about my great-grandfather Henry James Ford and his second wife Sophia Jane Walker, my great-grandmother. The person asking was from South Australia, and was the husband of a great-grandaughter of Henry James and his third wife, Vera Bernice Wild.

When I attempted to reply, the email came back as no such address (not surprising after 10 years!). I would really like to get in touch with this person (or, particularly, his wife), or their children or other relatives - would anyone around here have any idea how I might go about this, or be able to help? If you email me privately, I can provide a little more info including an actual name (which I didn't want to post in public as they may still be living).

Many thanks to any kind soul who volunteers to assist, however slightly.

Cheers!

Mike Ford
Yorkshire, England

Eighth of March 1846, Parish of Walcot

Thomas John

Father: John Taylor, Painter

Mother: Emma Hooper Taylor formerly Taylor

This was a candidate for my gggrandad - right quarter and right father's name, but wrong mother, wrong location!

Hi all!

First of all, thanks in advance to anyone who picks this up. Sorry this is quite wordy, but my information is a bit fuzzy so I want to present as much of it as possible.

I'm trying to trace my great-uncle Thomas Taylor who emigrated to the U.S. probably some time within a few years of 1920. He was born 14th March 1893 in Walham Green, Middlesex (might also be quoted as Fulham, London) and emigrated as an adult, so unlikely to have been much before the Great War.

My aunt has quoted me a letter from "a neighbor", with return address on Eric(?) Street, Chicago, in 1930 stating that Thomas's daughter Shirley had died aged about 5 -- but I don't have the exact date of the letter, so don't know whether Shirley will have made it on to that year's census. The same letter states that Thomas had been working at "the shelter" for the last 5 years, so they'd probably been in the area for a while. We also know there was a son, Bruce, born in the early 1930s.

I'd be extremely grateful if anyone could locate any useful information about this family. I know I'm asking a lot, but my dream package would include 1930 census record for Thomas Taylor and family (presumably at least wife, whose name I don't know), marriage record for Thomas and said wife, birth/death records for Shirley and birth for Bruce. As I say, I know it's a big ask, but I'd be hugely grateful for anything at all.

Cheers!

Mike