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Messages - crunchyFrog

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Monday 15 January 18 08:25 GMT (UK)  »
Apparently, Grandad was found near St Stephens Church when he was 3. It was a rough time, It just seems really strange to keep him till 3 and then abandon him. He had a sign around his neck, but no one now seems to know what it said.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Monday 15 January 18 06:30 GMT (UK)  »
You were there when Grandad was abandoned, you’re the same age. The bombing has sure made things difficult, the closest thing I found was a photo of the square on VE Day and it was an awkward angle. From our research what we thought the area was originally wealthy and grand, but by 1927 the are was poorer and those buildings became multi-occupancy. Is that how you remember?

We’re looking into the Mercer link :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 11:44 GMT (UK)  »
Yeah, there’s nothing original now. Thank heap for everything. I’m going to have follow the Mercer connection, maybe see if I can some certificates. It’s fascinating

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 11:12 GMT (UK)  »
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=18.99629628698031&lat=51.5210&lon=-0.1875&layers=173&b=1

I’m not sure about desborough square been westbourne square, according to this map. It’s close though. I’m thinking it’d be similar. Or is that whole thing called desborough close?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 10:42 GMT (UK)  »
Cousin has bought them, haven’t heard from her yet. When I last spoke to her she was waiting on them. Hoping it lists a reason.
Interestingly Grandad apparently went to the house when he was a teenager to find his mum and found it was a brothel. I don’t know how grandad knew the address and he is full of stories.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
Our theory was that she was a servant. We have a lot of “theories”. We thought she had an affair with Alfred Percy and that’s why Dorothy left. It’s all just speculation though. I need a time machine.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 09:18 GMT (UK)  »
Wow, so she could change her name to Mercer even though they weren't married?
Thanks for the photo, it's nice to have an idea. I'm so grateful, for your help. It seems very likely that Mary Kathleen had two more children..... raises a lot of questions about her.
Thankyou so much.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 08:11 GMT (UK)  »
She hasn't made the Mercer connection that I know of though..... very interesting.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westbourne Square
« on: Saturday 13 January 18 08:09 GMT (UK)  »
My Cousin is doing that research, that's the information she gave.

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