Ren Jackaman
15-11-2007, 05:41 PM
Hello,
My friend and I think we may be related, as he has the same surname and the same distinctive ears as my great grandfather. His family also shares an apocryphal story with mine of a Thorne female who lost all her brothers in one week in the Somme (some reports say her hair went white overnight, but I doubt that frankly).
We do not know if she was born a Thorne, or married into the family, but if we can find this link we may be able to prove what the link is between my family and my friend's.
The family came from Devon, from Plymouth and prior to that South Molton. My Great Grandfather married an Ethel May Perrey, who originally came from Bampton on the Somerset border.
My friend and I think we may be related, as he has the same surname and the same distinctive ears as my great grandfather. His family also shares an apocryphal story with mine of a Thorne female who lost all her brothers in one week in the Somme (some reports say her hair went white overnight, but I doubt that frankly).
We do not know if she was born a Thorne, or married into the family, but if we can find this link we may be able to prove what the link is between my family and my friend's.
The family came from Devon, from Plymouth and prior to that South Molton. My Great Grandfather married an Ethel May Perrey, who originally came from Bampton on the Somerset border.