WRATHALLS OF SUFFOLK

Thanks for your reply via the Wrathall site. I have obtained some more detailed information from my mum on our immediate branch of the family which I have finally got around to passing on.

My great-grandfather was JOHN W. who was originally from Liverpool, his family kept cattle there and supposedly the cattle lived downstairs in the house. He was married three times and fathered eight children.

His first wife was also from Liverpool and no-one seems to know her name, she was the mother of FRANK, JIM and JOHN. His next wife was FRANCES VIOLET (no maiden name I am afraid) and she was the mother of STEVEN (my grandfather, born approx 1900) EDDIE, JENNY and HARRY. His third wife was ALICE MAY and she mothered ALICE (born 1909). Alice is the only surviving child and lives with her daughter SUSAN near Durham.

At some stage after the death of his first wife John moved to Hyde where he ran the local Fire Service, he died around the time of WW1 and is buried in Hyde Cemetery. I believe John had a number of brothers one of whom may be Roy's grandfather??

Steven moved to Suffolk, married and had two sons, PETER WILLIAM and JOHN EDWARD (my father) both of whom are now based near Ipswich.

Eddie had two sons JIM and ALAN. Jim married June and had Sally and Timothy (married to Katie). Alan has three children Moyra, Ian and Neil and lives near Cambridge

Mum has promised to post me more details as most of the above was dictated down the phone one evening as she remembered it. ..... I have managed to get some more detailed information on the family tree. Some of this will overlap with data you already have but it shows that we are definitely cousins of some sort.