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Trying to find Allen
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Victoria | Report | 3 May 2004 22:50 |
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HI, I'M TRYING TO FIND BASIL ALLEN (C 1915) WHO WAS MARRIED TO EVELYN CATOR OF WINTERTON-ON-SEA IN NORFOLK. THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN, BARRY WHO DIED AGED 2 MONTHS AND CHRISTOPHER DAVID - MY FATHER. EVELYN DIVORCED BASIL IN THE 1940'S AND SUCH WAS THE STIGMA OF DIVORCE, TOLD MY FATHER THAT BASIL HAD DIED IN THE WAR. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBLITY THAT THERE IS ANOTHER CHILD FROM A RELATIONSHIP IN BELGIUM DURING THE WAR... WE HAVE LEARNED THAT HE WAS STILL SUPPORTING MY FATHER AND KNEW HE HAD GONE TO TRAIN AS A TEACHER BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CONTACT HIM AS EVELYN FORBADE IT.NOW WE ARE ABLE TO SEARCH AS EVELYN DIED OVER A YEAR AGO AND WAS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT HIM - ALL THE WEDDING PHOTOS ARE CUT IN HALF AND IT WAS A TABOO SUBJECT. TO FIND BASIL OR SOME OF HIS OTHER FAMILY WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR US AS WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT HIM. WE REALISE THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT CONTACT PER SE BUT JUST SOME INFORMATION OR A PICTURE FOR DADDY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. WE BELIEVE HE LIVED IN HEMSBY, NORFOLK AND HIS FAMILY HAD A BUTCHERS. WE THINK HE MOVED SOUTH AND REMARRIED. IF ANYONE CAN HELP, THANK-YOU. VICTORIA ALLEN |
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