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    Thomas Mills

    Thank you Lyn I will take a look at the photos
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    Thomas Mills

    Hi Lyn, I’ve only got this address on my dads birth certificate, so unsure!! Sorry
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    Thomas Mills

    Dad did say they both parents come from London, this above information is more than likely to be correct, Amazing.
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    Thomas Mills

    Kathleen Mary Mills formerly Bohann on Dad’s birth certificate, date Dad’s birth was registered, and address registered from was 3 Anderton Street Birmingham
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    Thomas Mills

    I also believe all of the children were placed in the country during the war, and I remember my dad saying not all of them were returned to Thomas and Kathleen, possibly due to rationing at that time, and money was very tight
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    Thomas Mills

    I will be sure to purchase the marriage certificate, It’s all very fascinating
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    Thomas Mills

    My father and Margaret were evacuated to the country and this was Bolton I believe because they were children then during the war. Margaret was Dad’s older sister that’s why they went together, she looked after him. With regards a marriage certificate, no I don’t have one but would love to...
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    Thomas Mills

    Wow !! I’m overwhelmed by your findings, I cannot thank you enough, my dad would be so pleased and happy with the process you had kindly found for me ♥️
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    Thomas Mills

    Yes, I suppose they both could be illegitimate, probably correct
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    Thomas Mills

    I’m so sorry, it doesn’t take much to confuse me I misread, both their birthdates seem plausible!! My dad was born October 1937, I very much appreciate your help, thank you
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    Thomas Mills

    Wow!! This is very interesting. Barbara’s marriage in 1965, and the address 1 back 23 Ingleby Road sounds a possibility!! My dads birth certificate states his dads address as 4 back 72 Garrett Street, Birmingham, maybe a coincidence!! I was born in 1962, my dad Thomas Alfred was at the time...
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    Thomas Mills

    Ahh Thank you, that’s very sad she died so young. I wonder where or what happened to Leonard
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    Thomas Mills

    Thank you, it’s so difficult, i very much appreciate your help, it would be so fitting for my dad to find out some of his family tree. He sadly lost touch with his siblings after the war, as he was never reunited back with Kathleen and Thomas his mum and dad. He spent his teens schooling in an...
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    Thomas Mills

    That’s interesting, do you know where Leonard Mills lived before wedlock?
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    Thomas Mills

    Dad did have a sister called Jean
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    Thomas Mills

    My dad spoke often with regards Studley, so he possibly remembered visiting his grandparents
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    Thomas Mills

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    Thomas Mills

    My dad was one of 9 siblings lit would be so lovely to know there are extended family for which I’ve never met
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    Thomas Mills

    Did they both also live in Birmingham?
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    Thomas Mills

    I would also like to trace my fathers brothers and sisters, Ronnie Mills, Jimmy Mills, Edna Mills, Margaret Mills, Sheila Mills, Barbara Mills, marriage may have changed the sisters surnames, all probably born around the 1930”s
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