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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Thursday 11 June 15 17:18 BST (UK)  »
I don't really think my Grandfather knew exact addresses.  He was 12 when he was sent away.  I do remember my Grandmother telling me that when he went to England in WWI on his way to the front, he went to his Mother's home and his "sister" threw him the picture and told him to never come back.  That is the picture that hung in their den.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Thursday 11 June 15 13:17 BST (UK)  »
She was quite the lady (woman) for sure!   According to my Barnardo papers she had been in and out of workhouses and relatives homes.  The year before she sent my Grandfather away she had a baby that died.  So I'm back to thinking that she really was a woman of bad moral habits.  Barnardos also said that my Grandfather was blind in one eye due to neglect. 

When I thought that the other Denyers were my relatives, I figured Barnardos paper was a made up story but now I think there is a lot of truth in it.  She really was a single Mother who was probably prostituting herself to make money.  Barnardos also said they wandered around the country and often slept in barns.  How sad when my Grandfather was sent to the farm in Port Hope he slept in the barn there too.  Pretty much a lateral move for him.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Wednesday 10 June 15 21:06 BST (UK)  »
That's it in a nutshell!  ;D   

Mary Jane has been our stumbling block for over 20 years and now it looks like she continues to elude us! 

Thank you so much for all your help, although it seems that my family shrunk somewhat!

I am very interested in following Mary Jane's branch and hopefully she will give up her secrets once and for all! 

I'm wondering if she was maybe shacked up with Mr Gale and the Barnardos misread her letter and thought it was Searle.  Maybe she married this Mr. Gale.  Who knows!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Wednesday 10 June 15 15:32 BST (UK)  »
That's right. Alfred Jupp Denyer would have been my grandfather's step-father.  Barnardos lists the father as George Greenfield and it sounded like a one-night-stand. 

Well at least Nathan was recognized at the Tower of London. His name was read on September 22nd as part of the honour roll.  At that time I thought he was my great-uncle.

When my grandfather was born (St. Pancras Workhouse London Sept 7, 1894) it lists his mother as being 20 years old  so 1896 maybe isn't far wrong.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Wednesday 10 June 15 13:56 BST (UK)  »
I don't think the first one mentioned is my gr-grandparents.  I wish it was because then I would be able to put a family in there.  It is more likely that my gr-grandmother married Alfred Jupp Denyer as Alfred Jupp Denyer is what is named in the Barnardo paper.  Also my gr-grandmother was Mary Jane Smith.  I HOPE it was Mary Jane Smith or we have been living with a false name!  So it looks like the first Denyers, Alfred (no middle name) and Mary Jane Walder were the residents of Wish Cottage and not my gr-grandparents.  I'm glad I found this out or I would have been going to England in October and forcing myself onto a family that isn't mine! 

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Wednesday 10 June 15 12:54 BST (UK)  »
My aunt in Toronto has the picture

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Tuesday 09 June 15 23:44 BST (UK)  »
Yes these are the people.  (she was ugly wasn't she!)  However, she looks a lot like the person in the picture my Grandfather had.  We always laughed and thought she looked like a man.  That's why I thought that that lady was my gr-grandmother.  Maybe it is her and she was visiting?  That's where it's confusing.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Tuesday 09 June 15 18:19 BST (UK)  »
Good idea!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Denyer Family Hove Sussex
« on: Tuesday 09 June 15 17:24 BST (UK)  »
AHA!    That very well could be the case. 

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