John Silas Rathbone

Originally Posted by annswabey

Had a quick look at that file at Kew today. It IS for the right man, so worth you looking at it. I noticed his marriage was in Basel, Switzerland, 20/5/1904, and the one child you know about was mentioned - Allan Charles, born 13/3/05, Haslemere

That's wonderful Ann Thank you - I'll try to go to Kew again very soon - many thanks for looking for me

Originally Posted by Merry

Oooh, good to hear it's the right one, Ann! The other child had died before 1911, but Allan was still alive in the 1920s.

Joan, I suppose that's a mistake on the obit which says JSR was proud of the fact that his grandfather was born during the Napoleonic wars? I shuld think that was his father, though I think we have b circa 1818 for Thomas, that's near enough for JSR!

Merry, I think you must be right