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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 18:07 BST (UK) »
He died in infancy..and the vicar made a note in the burial register of "Vanity of Vanities!"
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 18:51 BST (UK) »
After a rethink, I feel my opinion on his comments are best kept to myself
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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 19:24 BST (UK) »
Im just saying what the vicar wrote! Not my fault...
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 19:53 BST (UK) »
My reply was aimed at the Vicar, not you. Sorry if it seemed that way.

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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 20:07 BST (UK) »
I've got  William Morris -  my gx3 grandfather on my mother's side and another William Morris my gx5 grandfather on my father's side.
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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #23 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 20:57 BST (UK) »
My reply was aimed at the Vicar, not you. Sorry if it seemed that way.

I know!  ;D Maybe the vicar thought that the parents were taking the proverbial...and added the comment after they had gone!
Northants - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs, Hight, Dodson, Coleman
Swansea - Thomas, Williams, Howell, David, Rees, Griffiths, Jenkins, Bevan
Rutland - Hales
Derbyshire - Harlow, Riley, Pemberton, Aldred
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read, Stanes
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Webb, Dunn, Quintrell, Hain, Oliver
Gloucestershire - Harper, Ash, Gregory, Denman
County Durham - Proud, Duke
Yorkshire - Stamper, Pickering

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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #24 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 22:23 BST (UK) »
Stanley Baxter,David Dickinson and Jack Charlton are the best I can muster  ;D
Watson, Snowball, Pyburn, Heppell, Ferry, Holmes, Clennett, Kidd, Pescod, Bage Co.Duham & Northumberland
Stockton, Watson, Bage, Nellist N. Yorks
Challnor/Challoner Cheshire/Shropshire. Moore, Mansell: Wellington, Shropshire
Davies/ David, Coity, Glamorgan
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Re: Famous Nobody
« Reply #25 on: Tuesday 26 July 11 22:34 BST (UK) »
I've got Raymond Baxter, but it doesn't really count as it really is Raymond Baxter the TV broadcaster, he was my 2nd cousin once removed.
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« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 27 July 11 01:24 BST (UK) »
I've got a John Hawkins - don't know if he was ever called Jack, or indeed ever went to sea.
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