Hi Anne and everybody
thank you for your reply,
According to my Mum (she is 82) when Luigi married Jane Elizabeth Dean she was thought to be marrying beneath herself and her family denounced her. Also her family lived at Ashday Hall Southoweram but I cannot find their names in its history unless they were servants. She was apparently buried in a family grave at the church at SOuthoweram, next time I am up that way I am going to search. The family has suffered with the blight of something we now know as Polyposis Coli which develops into cancer of the colon, I myself have been investigated for this along with many of my Sheffield based cousins. Much more is known about this now and Gene testing determines if someone is susceptible to it or not. A chap called Professor Rodgers at Northern General did a family study as it decimated my Grandmas generation and My Dads generation. the condition is less prevalent in my generation as several of us don't have the rogue Gene but several do. Life expectancy is normally no more than 50. I have lost at least two cousins in their 40's to this already and others have had ops. The Prof asked me about my family tree but this was years ago. So you see we have featured in medical research .
The oldest living relative I know of is my Dads sister my Aunt Jane who is 79?, she was one of the first to prove negative to the Gene. My dad was born at 13a Woolshops Halifax, where Luigi made his ice cream. I note the oldest Delucas I know about, My great great Grandma and Grandad lived till at least 63 and 57 she being 9 years older than he. I am searching for records of their deaths.
regards
Richard
