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Suzzanne Barry

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Suzzanne

Suzzanne Report 26 Oct 2004 00:55

HI MY NAME IS SUZZANNE AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE TRACING THEIR FAMILY TREE. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THEY ALL ORIGINATE FROM STOKE ON TRENT THERES NOT MUCH INFORMATION TO GO ON BUT HOPEFULLY SOMEONE SOMEWHERE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP FLORENCE FODEN WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS FODEN HE ALSO OWNED AND RAN A FAMILY BUSINESS FODENS SCRAP IRON MERCHANTS IN GOMS MILL ROAD AND LEAKS ALLEY IN LONGTON. FRANK SHAW MY GREAT GRANDFATHER MARRIED FLORENCE FODEN AND I BELIEVE HE USED TO BE A BOXER IN THE ARMYAND WAS OFTEN CALLED MICK BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVED HE WAS IRISH. THEY LIVED AT SPARK STREET THEN MOVED TO FLETCHER ROAD IN STOKE. FRANK AND FLORENCE HAD FOUR CHILDREN WILLIAM WHO IS MY GRANDFATHER, EDWARD, FRANK, AND ETHEL KNOWN AS MAVIS. FRANK LEFT FLORENCE AND MET SOMEONE ELSE WHO I BELIEVE HAD MORE CHILDREN ONE WAS A DAUGHTER NAMED CAROL AND I THINK SHAE MAY HAVE ALSO HAVE HAD A SON BUT I DONT KNOW WHO THERE MOTHER WAS. WILLIAM EDWARD SHAW BORN 1930 DIED 1999 MARRIED OLIVE CHARLOTTE FINNEY AND HAD FIVE CHILDREN CAROL(DECEASED),DIANNE MY MOTHER,RAYMOND, JOHN, DAVID AND ROBERT THEY LIVED IN MEIR.WILLIAM OR BILL AS HE WAS KNOWN WENT TO ST PETERS HIGH HE WORKED AS A WINDOW CLEANER AND USED TO BE A KEEN PIGEON RACER. THEY BOTH WORKED AT NUMEROUS POTTERY FIRMS INCLUDING PALISSY POTTERY LONGTON AND COLOROLL IN MEIR. FRANK SHAW DIED 2004 MARRIED TO KATHLEEN AND HAVE ONE DAUGHTER SUSAN USED TO LIVE AT BENTILEE IN STOKE THEN MOVED TO WARRINGTON IN CHESHIRE MAVIS SHAW DIED 2002 LIVED IN AMERICA EDWARD SHAW KNOWN AS TED LIVES IN FENTON MARRIED TO MARGE HAS ONE DAUGHTER PAULINE