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i am trying to find relatives of my late father Leonard Thompson born in c1921 son of Margaret and Joseph Thompson and brother of John,Joseph, Eddie and Ena, they all lived in the North East of England, but I can only remember them living in Billingham. before marrying my mother I believe my father was prevoiusly married and had two sons, though I am unsure of their names but I think they would have been born in the 1940's, I have heard that one of them may have been called Alan but am not sure how correct this information is, Although now all of my fathers family listed above are sadly deceased I know that I do have cousins and other relatives. John died at a young age in the war, and also Ena died young. Ediie married pat and had four children Jean, susan, lesley,and michael and they emigrated to Canada, Joe's wife was called Nancy and they had two sons Kevin and Peter who I believe still live in and around that area. If any one has any information about any of my family please let me know I would especially like to find out more about my half brothers. fingers crossed! Cherry