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Marytm
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Re: Mystery of Great Grandfather solved
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:01 GMT (UK) »
Yes that was me too. I have been told this new information from a member of the family.
He seems to think they were well off farmers who had been on the same farm for years .
He was called William Frederick Handley on the birth cert.
I have been told this was made up.
Marytm
heywood
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:04 GMT (UK) »
Do you mean that you have found the same information re the Burtons?
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[Ray]
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Re: Mystery of Great Grandfather solved
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:07 GMT (UK) »
Hi
"I have been told this was made up."
By whom?
Your co-tree-owners?
The original subject(s)
Someone in between?
R
"The wise man knows how little he knows, the foolish man does not". My Grandfather & Father.
"You can’t give kindness away. It keeps coming back". Mark Twain (?).
heywood
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:09 GMT (UK) »
Where was he born? I can’t see a William Frederick Handley birth in 1914.
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Marytm
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:46 GMT (UK) »
Eric Handley is the illegitimate son.Willilam Frederick Handley was the made up Dad’s name.
Martha Watts/ Handley is Mum .
heywood
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:53 GMT (UK) »
Oh I see, thanks
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[Ray]
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Re: Mystery of Great Grandfather solved
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Sunday 07 January 18 20:59 GMT (UK) »
So this is him . . . . . ?
Eric Handley ( mmn WATTS )
1914 QDec Birmingham 6d 417?
Eric Edward Handley ( mmn - therefore Handley)
1914 QSep Lincoln 7a 940
What are the full details on the birth certificate?
Ray
[/t]
"The wise man knows how little he knows, the foolish man does not". My Grandfather & Father.
"You can’t give kindness away. It keeps coming back". Mark Twain (?).
Marytm
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Re: Mystery of Great Grandfather solved
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Sunday 07 January 18 21:29 GMT (UK) »
Martha Watts/Handley and her address. Dad as William Frederick Handley, tool maker. Son Eric Handley.
On Eric's wedding cert it says Arnold samuel is his Dad, who died in 1911.
[Ray]
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Re: Mystery of Great Grandfather solved
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Sunday 07 January 18 21:38 GMT (UK) »
. . . . . died 1911? but married Martha . . . . .
1900 QMar Aston 6d 402 Samuel Arnold Handley / Martha Watts
Ray
"The wise man knows how little he knows, the foolish man does not". My Grandfather & Father.
"You can’t give kindness away. It keeps coming back". Mark Twain (?).
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