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hi there - thank you so much for replying to me. I believe Dan Rolyat was my mother’s uncle. I am therefore trying to trace Dan’s siblings to discover my maternal grandfather. I know my grandmother named her after him and sent her to stage school.
Please help if you can. My mother was named after Dan Rolyat - she was born Ruby Taylor and is, I believe, the niece of Dan. My grandmother must have been married to Dan ( Thomas Herbert’s )brother ? My mum went on to have a career on the stage. She too was born in Aston - Birmingham- but I’m...