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In this weeks Bugle - http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News ... -steel.htm

Connects to Jimmy (the cat) I believe? - here on BCC

Hi Mally,
Yes you are right, my grand fathers mother, she also connects to Maths Girl, I wish I could find more photo's of the Shakespeare's.

Thanks a lot Mally for posting.

There's a contact name & address at the bottom of the article Jimmy

I will look into that Mally.

I see it say's she had sixteen children, I have only found eleven.

2 set of twins!

The 1911 census copy I have say's 11 born alive, 8 still living, 3 that have died.

I just remembered, that her son John had 6 children, 2 sets of twins plus 2 girls, the twins died very early.

Jimmy wrote:Hi Mally,
Yes you are right, my grand fathers mother, she also connects to Maths Girl, I wish I could find more photo's of the Shakespeare's.

Thanks a lot Mally for posting.

Hi

My Grandfather's mother too !! -- I am so excited to see a photo of her! -- I have no old photo's of that branch of the family

Jimmy wrote:The 1911 census copy I have say's 11 born alive, 8 still living, 3 that have died.

She only recorded 11 live births in the copy of "Pilgrim's Progress" that I have -- the equivalent of some people's family Bible

My grandfather Benjamin said he was called that as he was the 13th child -- he was the youngest recorded. -- my mother said there were supposed to be a set of twins in there but we always assumed they were still births as they were not recorded even though one daughter who died less that a year old was.

Hi MG,
It shows there are photo's out there but its hard work finding them.

Jimmy wrote:Hi MG,
It shows there are photo's out there but its hard work finding them.

yes -- maybe this great great grandson has some more -- do you know which branch he belongs to?

Wow how great!
Hope you make contact and may be get more.
Jo

Maths girl wrote:

Jimmy wrote:Hi MG,
It shows there are photo's out there but its hard work finding them.

yes -- maybe this great great grandson has some more -- do you know which branch he belongs to?

John Shakespeare and Mary Ann's daughter Mary Ann married a John Taylor in 1900, 1911 Mary Ann Taylor is a widow living with John and Mary Ann Shakespeare with 3 children John, Leslie and Lily, so the person who put this in the Bugle would be decended from John or Leslie.

mallosa wrote:There's a contact name & address at the bottom of the article Jimmy

Jimmy wrote:I will look into that Mally.

I suppose it's too soon to ask if you've had any luck Jimmy?