Found Anyone Famous

[JillJ]

Mobo,

He was rather dishy wasn't he!   No, I never met him but my cousin, who researched that line of the family went over to Canada and met him and all his family.   She said he was a 'really nice, ordinary guy'.   He died in 2001.

Jill

[Mobo]

 

I'm glad he was a nice man, I thought he would be - your cousin was very lucky.  I met Howard Keel once,  he used to sponsor a golf tournament here each year, and he was the same very open and friendly.

 

[RachelK]

Sticking to the west midlands musicians theme, Ozzy, Noddy Holder etc, my cousin used to be married to Roy Wood. He of the long hair, bright make up and ever so slightly annoying xmas song.

Another relation, Letitia Nuttall, was the british roller skating champion in the 60's. Not quite on a par with Torville and Dean I expect.

Apart from that, just an ordinary bunch of rope spinning/bricklaying/metal working/farm digging/pub singing (and drinking)/horse shoeing/clothes washing/dinner cooking/sewing/mending/baby making people that I love to find out any old bit of info about.

[gillj]

A distant cousin of my husband's did the voice of 'Zippy' on rainbow, I'm afraid on my side it's a black sheep my paternal grandmother's cousin was William Joyce (otherwise known as Lord Haw-Haw).

Gillj

[kat2004]

As I said in the Gunpowder plot post, my claim to fame is to be a descendent of the Miles Forrest who allegedly murdered the princes in the Tower for Richard III! How charming! Does anyone else have any famous connections (true or not true?)

[1000xlch]

Not quite a direct descendant but partners side has a connection with JRR Tolkien and Lady companion to Anthony Trollope.

Not much more excitement yet though!

John Rowley

[Iria]

My Bold Ancesters are a Direct Line to The Bolds of Bold Hall Lancashire 

Regards

Iria

[Llwyd]

Hi there,

My dad used to tell us and his grand children that we had a relative called Llewelyn Morris Humphreys,from mid-Wales, who was a member of Al Capone's mob in 1930's Chicago.

Yes,he existed and was known as Murry The Hump and yes he had mob connections.In fact he was a very bad man and,at one point in his criminal career,was public enemy number one.

At present I have not found any connection, but who knows.There is more often than not some truth in family stories,proving it is a different matter.
 

[dennford]

    As a young boy I was always led to believe that my grandmother Hepzibah Daykin/Hall was related to Florence Nightingale, something that I have always kept at the back of my mind even though I viewed such statements with a grain of salt.
      However I recently found that my mothers cousin while tracing the Flavell family history is of the opinion that there may be some probability behind the myth. Also the name Nightingale occurs as a middle name with several of my ancestors on the Daykin / Hall side of the family. And the Nightingale/Shore Family definately have Derbyshire connections. All facts which by themselves are meaningless as are many of the individual bits and pieces. Put together though they say to me that I should either prove or disprove it.
If anyone out there can help me to be able to brag or alternatively sit in a corner in embarresed silence please do so.
                                         

The above is from the following post
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,78881.0.html


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