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Posts: 3838 (23/07/2008 16:19:16) |
I'm supposed to be related to Grace Darling on my mother's side of the family. (The 22 year old girl who went out on the lifeboat with her father to
rescue men from the stricken boat the Forfarshire.) I have never researched that side so have no idea if it is true. However, I do know that my cousins were
told the same by their parents so it must have been accepted in the family.
 Hazel
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 Sharon Duncan |
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Posts: 6147 (23/07/2008 17:08:57)
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Nobody famous in my family
 that I know of!!!
Probably more likely to be in-famous 
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EuniceM |
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Posts: 4228 (23/07/2008 17:19:08) |
My OH Paul can trace his family back to Napolean, but we are not sure if it was the famous little man or not.
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murchison |
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Posts: 4989 (23/07/2008 17:29:32) |
my brother david is on on the irish radio every week
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CarolPG |
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Posts: 5316 (23/07/2008 18:38:39) |
Nothing on my side that I know of but OH's great grand-parents (don't know how many greats) on his Mum's side go back to Mr Bowyer of Bowyers
sausages and J M Barrie who wrote Peter Pan. His Mum's maiden name was Barrie so must be on her Dad's side.
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Glitzzy |
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Posts: 464 (23/07/2008 18:46:32) |
 Well now,shhhhhhhh I don't tell everyone this!! But I am the Queen
of Scotland!!!!! Its true,honest I am,Iam I tell you,my second name is Queen,SO I am Queen Maureen of Bonnie Scotland,now mind shhhhhh don't be telling
everyone,just know its true!!!!
Love Maureen (Queen) shhhhhh x x x |
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inkyfingers |
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Posts: 804 (23/07/2008 18:49:08) |
That sounded like fun, Butterfly. My great grandfather was speechwriter for the candidate who ousted Winston Churchill as MP for Dundee. My uncle had photos from the early labour party days but I don't know what happened to them. There was a picture of him sitting with Lady Astor (?) an early women MP, on his knee. She is wearing his hat and he is wearing hers! Alison |
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CMDesign |
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Posts: 3173 (23/07/2008 19:10:12) |
No one famous that I know of in our family. I did make all the national papers on my wedding day when my Dad threw my dress out the week before the wedding.
 Carol
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Glitzzy |
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Posts: 464 (23/07/2008 19:12:44) |
Carol,I have to ask WHY!!! did your dad throw your dress out?
Love Maureen x |
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CMDesign |
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Posts: 3173 (23/07/2008 19:33:37) |
Glitzzy wrote: He was throwing out a bed upon which I had put the box containing the dress, he didn't look inside the box and I didn't know he was throwing the
bed out. Next night I went to sew some ribbons onto the dress and discovered it was missing - at which point all hell broke loose |
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Posts: 83 (23/07/2008 19:46:00) |
my dads cousin is michael parkingson. we've spent hours trying to trace his links as to how hes related further back not many generations left alive &
those that are i don't know the elderly ones
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janetannc |
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Posts: 1576 (23/07/2008 20:08:24) |
Well I don't know if it counts, but my several time great grandfather introduced the shotgun into Cornwall (where he made guns from horseshoe nails) and
his wife was also a crack shot, beating all comers, including men, in a shooting contest!
My great uncle was a Salvation Army officer (most of that part of the family were!) and was one of General Booth's drivers (Founder of the Salvation army) More up to date, my brother tried his hand at acting for a few years, in Australia, and had parts in Neighbours and Home and Away, and other shows not seen in the UK. My niece went to High school with Sally, who acted in Home and Away (I think she has recently left). My niece was Head Girl and Sally was her deputy!! That's the best I can do, except that I nursed Sandy Shaw when she had her baby, Grace in 1970 or 71!! Janet |
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MaryNichol60 |
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Posts: 1217 (23/07/2008 20:26:58) |
Afraid I'm not related to anybody famous, ( maybe infamous!! ) but my son has been in"Heartbeat" a few times and "Kavanagh Q.C." and
was in the film "Little Voice". I also know Ben James-Ellis who is in "Hairspray" with Michael Ball!
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I did get the dress back
next day and my Dad never lived it down!!
