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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: St Helier, Jersey Parish Registers - LUCE
« on: Friday 03 April 15 16:37 BST (UK) »
Hi
My Great Grandfather was John Day-Luce....
I think that I am right in saying that he had 13 children
From what I have been told the children were sent away to be raised by other people (not very nice).....my grandfather was sent to Portsmouth, in which area he lived until he died around the age of 98
It would appear that John Day-Luce claim to fame was, he was acquainted with Lord Tennyson....indeed I have seen a letter from Lord Tennyson.....which I seem to remember commenced "My Dear Day-Luce" the letter and also a cigar case with the Tennyson coat of arms disappeared from grandparents home many years ago, when an unscrupulous antique dealer from Brighton "cold called" on them and relieved them of many articles/paintings etc.
I have been told by my cousin that a friend of hers saw this letter in a museum in Canada.
My Great Grandfather was John Day-Luce....
I think that I am right in saying that he had 13 children
From what I have been told the children were sent away to be raised by other people (not very nice).....my grandfather was sent to Portsmouth, in which area he lived until he died around the age of 98
It would appear that John Day-Luce claim to fame was, he was acquainted with Lord Tennyson....indeed I have seen a letter from Lord Tennyson.....which I seem to remember commenced "My Dear Day-Luce" the letter and also a cigar case with the Tennyson coat of arms disappeared from grandparents home many years ago, when an unscrupulous antique dealer from Brighton "cold called" on them and relieved them of many articles/paintings etc.
I have been told by my cousin that a friend of hers saw this letter in a museum in Canada.