‘AN ONLINE FAMILY TREE REVEALED A MYSTERY RELATIVE’
Sep 22, 2020
3 minutes
JAN MARSHALL has researched her family tree for 12 years, and has studied the lives of men from her village of Saxton, North Yorkshire, who fought in the First World War
Finding ancestors who were actors or musical entertainers is exciting, but their typically itinerant lifestyle often makes uncovering their lives something of a challenge. Jan Marshall was asked to track down a theatrical relation, and her search revealed a dramatic story of Edwardian repertory artists and an abandoned child.
MY BRICK WALL
My Aunt Joan was fascinated by the life of her
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