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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: charles beech
« on: Monday 29 December 08 16:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi Chris,
It's a shame that the connection to the Beech family appears to have come to a dead end.
My Aunt and Uncle visited our family over the Christmas break, I showed my Aunt the Rootschat dialog (she was absolutely gobsmacked!) and she provided the information that I sent you.
My Aunt did not know Gertrude's surname but she did think that she was a Bernardo's child since my Great Grandparents were receiving money from Bernardo's.
The CWGC entry is incorrect, I believe that the names shown against 'additional information' are that of my Grandparents, Charles and Elizabeth Jane (Charles being Alfred's elder Brother) who were living with my Great Grandparents for a while. Incidentally, my Grandfather was also in the 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards but was invalided out, I believe from the battle of Ypres, having been shot in the legs by a German sub-machine gun. He died in February 1978 from an unrelated illness.
Best of luck in your searches, we are still looking for past generations of the Beech family. We have got back to my Great-great-great Grandparents but I think that we need to spend some time with Parish Records for parishes around the Paddock Wood/Tonbridge/ Maidstone area (It appears that my family did not move around very much!).
It's a shame that the connection to the Beech family appears to have come to a dead end.
My Aunt and Uncle visited our family over the Christmas break, I showed my Aunt the Rootschat dialog (she was absolutely gobsmacked!) and she provided the information that I sent you.
My Aunt did not know Gertrude's surname but she did think that she was a Bernardo's child since my Great Grandparents were receiving money from Bernardo's.
The CWGC entry is incorrect, I believe that the names shown against 'additional information' are that of my Grandparents, Charles and Elizabeth Jane (Charles being Alfred's elder Brother) who were living with my Great Grandparents for a while. Incidentally, my Grandfather was also in the 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards but was invalided out, I believe from the battle of Ypres, having been shot in the legs by a German sub-machine gun. He died in February 1978 from an unrelated illness.
Best of luck in your searches, we are still looking for past generations of the Beech family. We have got back to my Great-great-great Grandparents but I think that we need to spend some time with Parish Records for parishes around the Paddock Wood/Tonbridge/ Maidstone area (It appears that my family did not move around very much!).