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<p>[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 52413, member: 481"]Good evening everyone! 6.30pm here in the UK ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bakersgma, I haven't uncovered anything new today since I wanted to go through what you'd found... I did look through Catherine Ann Ellis's family on find-a-grave (another great site!) and found it interesting that her grandfather was apparently a poet. But I think I'm just putting random connections together and I'm sure you're right regarding the timings and locations for the poem in my OP and Idris's mother. It does seem unlikely. What's needed is more information or contact with an existing family member.</p><p><br /></p><p>And on that note, I checked out the family trees you mentioned on ancestry and will contact one or two of the owners at some point. I also spent some time trying to extend the William O Williams line, because his mother's name 'Griffiths' fits with another name in the album (Elias Griffith). I didn't get very far though, and didn't find any Elias along the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now... you may have noticed that I posted a link to the 'Idris in his flying suit' image in the militaria forum here, and opinion is that it dates to WWII rather than WWI... something to do with the style of headgear... so that means it can't be the Idris we've been following BUT Idris could be a family name and there is certainly a facial similarity. So I do think there's a connection, I'm just not sure what as yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I'm going to keep digging, will post what I find, and thank you in advince for anything you might find![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 52413, member: 481"]Good evening everyone! 6.30pm here in the UK ;-) Bakersgma, I haven't uncovered anything new today since I wanted to go through what you'd found... I did look through Catherine Ann Ellis's family on find-a-grave (another great site!) and found it interesting that her grandfather was apparently a poet. But I think I'm just putting random connections together and I'm sure you're right regarding the timings and locations for the poem in my OP and Idris's mother. It does seem unlikely. What's needed is more information or contact with an existing family member. And on that note, I checked out the family trees you mentioned on ancestry and will contact one or two of the owners at some point. I also spent some time trying to extend the William O Williams line, because his mother's name 'Griffiths' fits with another name in the album (Elias Griffith). I didn't get very far though, and didn't find any Elias along the way. Now... you may have noticed that I posted a link to the 'Idris in his flying suit' image in the militaria forum here, and opinion is that it dates to WWII rather than WWI... something to do with the style of headgear... so that means it can't be the Idris we've been following BUT Idris could be a family name and there is certainly a facial similarity. So I do think there's a connection, I'm just not sure what as yet. So I'm going to keep digging, will post what I find, and thank you in advince for anything you might find![/QUOTE]
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