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« on: Wednesday 11 February 09 21:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi. OK here goes, hope I can remember it all. Williams parents were John and Jane. She was his second wife formerly Cadell and her maiden name was Gibson. They had two sons and for whatever reason called both of them William. The second one died very young. The first William was registered as William James Blakely born on 19th March 1876 at Valentine Street, Belfast On his birth certificate his mothers maiden name is spelt as Kell which is wrong. During his life he went by the name of James Alexander Blakely and his death record from the States confirms his date of birth on it. He married a Matilda McCashen when they were both 19yrs and had a daughter Lizzie who was my grandmother. She married a Fred Barlow in Glasgow and they had a daughter Jane Blakely Barlow who was my mother. I have some photos of the family and have really struggled with this one. There is family in the states and I visited them in 2004. Hope all this makes sense to you and you find it helpful.
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