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London and Middlesex / Re: Charles Harding
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 22:18 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Dawn.

It's only by chance I recently started back into genealogy, and Charles has been a completely stubborn dead end since 2008 when I first started my tree. So it's wonderful to suddenly have his name turn up on google.

I've spoken to my Mum tonight who reminded me of a few things I'd forgotten about Charles - that he was a Piper and Pianist - and his family cut off Margaret Alway after she married Edward Azore, which is why we know absolutely nothing about his family.

We're hoping Jerry returns to the thread :) really excited to make contact.

I've uploaded some more photos. The first is of Billy, my Grandad and Charles' son, and then his two half brothers - Percy and Roy (With the Unexploded Bomb sign) all during the war.

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London and Middlesex / Re: Charles Harding
« on: Thursday 31 October 13 17:15 GMT (UK)  »
If this thread is still active - Charles Harding is my Great Grandfather and William - Bill, is my Grandfather who died in 2003.

We know very little about Charles.

Margaret Alway, daughter of Hugh Hamilton Alway and Mary Maria Alway, married twice, possibly three times. First she had a child to an unknown person, the child takes her name - Percy Hamilton Alway (1911 - 2001) so we are unsure if he was born out of wedlock or in marriage to an unknown person, secondly to Charles J Harding, with whom she had William Charles Harding, and finally to Edward E Azore - who appears to be from the Caribbean, presumably from a former slave colony, who worked in the music halls as a musician, but was later killed in 1942 in the merchant navy working as a Greaser. He and Margaret had another child - Roy Edward John Azore who is buried in Bari War Grave in Italy. However the understanding in our family is that Roy fell in love - but having mixed heritage, despite being white, took his own life because of the worry and having to deal with the racism of possibly having a mixed race or black child. Roy's death caused a long time breach between Percy and Bill. Bill's life had quite a bit of tragedy, his eldest son also committed suicide and his younger son died of a brain tumor at 30. This particular Harding lineage ended when Bill's only surviving child - my Mother, married my Father, however Percy also had children who are still alive although I am not personally in contact with them.

The presumption for Margaret's remarrying is that both her first husband/lover and Charles died/were killed. The family were at one point living in pretty much squalor in a couple of rooms in Camden Town. Margaret succumbed to mental illness towards the end of the war and was unable to recognise her sons.

I've attached the only photo we have of Charles. We know nothing whatsoever of the rest of his family, or of his war experience until I found this thread. I'd be fascinated to know your connection to Charles and any information you may have. Any and all information would be amazing.

Pete

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