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Dear Rootschat members,

Due to DNA and massive help from an ancestry expect I have just managed to solve this mystery

My wife’s gran , hid a box of skeletons that all all got released on the revelation she was actually born a Dawson  - Mary Dawson born 1914 in Ashington to a George William Dawson and wife Hannah Fenwick.

She had married Boardman , then ran away from her family , to marry for a second time saying her madden name was Mary Boardman with DOB 7 years younger than she actually was.

No wonder I could not find her or trace the family. All this time I was looking for a Boardman when it should have been a Dawson.

The man in regalia is her uncle who married her father’s sister, a man called John Bonnard 1977-1961 and the regalia was due to a position held as former president of Lancashire and Cheshire council of the national federation of Boot Trades Associates.

She must have used this picture to fabricate a story and escape to her new life.

Fascinating stuff after about a 7 year hunt for the truth.

Thanks for your kind help

Steve

What does this mean then please ?

Hi there

I am desperate to find out who this person is in the photo to let old ghosts lie to rest in a thirst for ancestry answers.
To do this without a factual name has been near impossible, but we do have this regalia chain and pendant.
I know the photo was taken @ Moffits Accrington 20 miles north of Manchester, so he must have been local.
Was he a chairman, Mayor, Mason, Alderman etc. to find out who is was is to find out the source of the chain and pendent.
Can any chain or history experts on here help or direct my enquiry please ?
Thank you

Steve

Could be a possible !!!!!