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Tom 23
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Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 13:34 BST (UK) »
Hello,
Please could anyone decipher the surname on this letter.
Many thanks.
ShaunJ
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 15:48 BST (UK) »
Possibly
Godeau
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ShaunJ
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 15:53 BST (UK) »
What year was the letter written?
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MonicaL
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Girl with firewood, Morar 1910 - MEM Donaldson
Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 16:07 BST (UK) »
I can see Godesxx.
Have looked through some historical directories for clues to the name but no joy so far.
Monica
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Bookbox
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 17:09 BST (UK) »
Wondering about
Goderre
?
A date would really help.
Tom 23
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 17:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you, the letter is from 1941.
Bookbox
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 17:22 BST (UK) »
Ottawa Journal
, 10 Sep 1945, page 3, refers to a
Corporal E. Goderre
of
72 Preston Street
. I can’t access the image.
Girl Guide
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Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 21:05 BST (UK) »
This one perhaps? Letter refers to Sam.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199554277/e_j-goderre
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
MonicaL
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Girl with firewood, Morar 1910 - MEM Donaldson
Re: Surname on Letter
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Sunday 23 October 22 21:30 BST (UK) »
That certainly must be the answer
Monica
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