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Hi Claire
I did have an Ancestry account. Haven't used it for some time. Just put my profile on there. Perhaps you will be kind enough to advise whether this helps or not. If it's not, maybe we need to give some further thought as to how we can successfully navigate through this one since I would be most interested in what photos you might have.

Thanks for the reply Claire.
Not quite sure what you mean re Hymen?
I have traced my male line back to the early 1800's. My ancestors were originally farm workers in north Nottinghamshire. It seems that they then migrated south and lived in London. This is where Sarah Brignall met my grandfather (Richard Henry Burn) Sarah worked in service in London after growing up in Clare.
Is your husband related to Bessie?
My father always seemed a bit irked by his aunt Bessie. As I understand it when he was effectively orphaned in 1914 I don't think she was agreeable to take him in (he was born in 1911)
Interestingly, when I discovered what happened to my father's father, he disappeared to Canada in 1913 and subsequently joined the Canadian army in 1916, his attestation papers show he had a son in England (my father) in the care of his sister Ada Burn in London.
Interesting re your comment on S Dyson. My recent research leads me to believe that S Dyson is a Sarah Dyson. She was in her 80's when she died in 1944. I am wondering how I can firm up the connection with Ellen? Any further thoughts on this please?

Hi Not sure whether this thread is still active. Came across it by chance whilst looking for some information on my grandmother Sarah Brignall ( Burn) Which I think makes Adolphus Brignall my gr grandfather. I have photographs of 5 of the 6 of Adolphus Brignalls children, namely John, Sarah, Ethel, Constance, & Bessie. When I was growing up in Clare I met Bessie quite often when she visited my father. I also visited Bessie in London, she lived quite close to the Angel of Islington. My father's first names were Richard Adolphus. His mother Sarah must have named him after her father, Adolphus.  Richard came from her husband Richard Henry, and his father was also named Richard. Sarah is buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery in Clare Suffolk. Richard Henry Burn my grandfather disappeared and finished up in Canada after remarrying in England.
After WW1 he became a Canadian citizen and died in Vancouver in 1960.
I now have a question which at present I am unable to answer - In my grandmothers burial plot in Clare cemetery Sarah my grandmother was buried in 1914 ( I have a copy of her death certificate) however, I have recently been in formed that a S Dyson was also buried there in 1944. Given that Adolphus Brignall married Ellen Dyson, is there any family link?