Hello Hookleg, i came across your post dated 28 Sept (i presume it was 2014 ) after typing in Ethel Blackburn.we were looking for information regarding my paternal grandfather.. The half brother you mention named Harold was my father, born Jan 18th 1913, my mother Phyliss (nee pearson) was born Dec 3rd 1919. He would never talk about his father, and as his birth certificate stated father unkown we assumed he was given his mothers surname, he talked of having a blood sister named Annie, wether she had the same surname as him we never found out as we did not know of her possible existance until a short time before he died. In addition to my fathers half brother John, and half sisters Lily and Edna,which you mention, there were two more half brothers Walter and Ernest, All had the surname Smith. I would be interested to know the reason for your enquiry into the family, and wether exchange of information would be beneficial to both parties.
