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Offline Eilleen

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French ? can someone tell Me what this says please.
« on: Wednesday 11 January 23 10:49 GMT (UK) »
from French family.x
EXTON, from Rutland, Stamford, Boston, Lincoln. LANES, from Coleby,to Bracebridge Lincoln.WAKEFIELD,PROUDMAN Cheshire and  Stafford.<br />PINDAR, MOORE, ,CHAMBERS mostly from Lincolnshire.
LAING from Elgin ,Scotland.
 HADDELSEY from Caistor,and Grimsby Lincolnshire.                   
 Parfitt, Le Gros ,Le Sueur, from Jersey.
Martin, from Doncaster  to whelyn garden city, London.
BINT, Worchester, in Australian mint.

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Re: French ? can someone tell Me what this says please.
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 11 January 23 10:58 GMT (UK) »
First two words look like - grand pere - grandfather.
Hertfordshire - Stone, Wells, Quarry,Claxton
London - Sutton (Southwark/Clerkenwell), Phillips (Clerkenwell), Stone (Chelsea)
Suffolk - Turner & Rogers (Lavenham)
Norfolk - (K)Nobbs & Germany (Norwich)
Middlesex - Shackell
Anywhere - Quarry & variants
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Re: French ? can someone tell Me what this says please.
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 January 23 10:59 GMT (UK) »
Looks to me like "Grandfather on the front with his brother who he had met by chance."

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Re: French ? can someone tell Me what this says please.
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 11 January 23 11:04 GMT (UK) »
Looks to me like "Grandfather on the front with his brother who he had met by chance."
100% correct


grand père sur le front avec son frère
qu'il avait rencontré par hasard


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Re: French ? can someone tell Me what this says please.
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 11 January 23 12:00 GMT (UK) »
You are all brilliant,

thank you so much,

I now know He had a Brother   :)

it is very hard sorting these French ancestors ,

without help on here , I would be totally stumped, thank you ,

Eilleen.

EXTON, from Rutland, Stamford, Boston, Lincoln. LANES, from Coleby,to Bracebridge Lincoln.WAKEFIELD,PROUDMAN Cheshire and  Stafford.<br />PINDAR, MOORE, ,CHAMBERS mostly from Lincolnshire.
LAING from Elgin ,Scotland.
 HADDELSEY from Caistor,and Grimsby Lincolnshire.                   
 Parfitt, Le Gros ,Le Sueur, from Jersey.
Martin, from Doncaster  to whelyn garden city, London.
BINT, Worchester, in Australian mint.