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Title: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: jettejjane on Thursday 09 January 25 13:46 GMT (UK)
I am seeking help finding a possible newspaper article. My information is yet to be verified and is very sketchy .  Mr Francis Exley and his wife from Wakefield were supposedly killed in late 1950’s possibly 1958 in  a car crash, location unknown. Their 4 year old son who was with them survived.
Title: Re: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: BumbleB on Thursday 09 January 25 13:55 GMT (UK)
Searching for death registrations for Francis Exley, there are no instances between 1951 (Francis J - Wood Green) and 1986 (Thomas Franci - Kettering).
Title: Re: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: jettejjane on Thursday 09 January 25 14:08 GMT (UK)
Thanks BumbleB. Yes I couldn’t find any deaths. I tried Frank as well.
Title: Re: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 09 January 25 14:36 GMT (UK)
Associated post here - you may want to consider asking for them to be merged

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=888567.msg7619598#msg7619598
Title: Re: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: scotmum on Thursday 09 January 25 15:20 GMT (UK)
Their 4 year old son who was with them survived.

Given that from your other thread, it now looks as if the couple lived beyond the late 1950s, have you followed through on their other possible children (2  look to have died by 1950, 2 look to have lived beyond this, with possible marriages in 1966 and 1971)?
Title: Re: Help with newspaper articles
Post by: jettejjane on Thursday 09 January 25 16:03 GMT (UK)
I now know the supposed car crash is a total fabrication. However there is more to this than mets the eye. Which relates to my other post on Yorkshire board. It is possibly a case of identity theft and I feel it prudent not to say anymore until I am sure of my facts.