Aww Florence what a sad thing to happen ,i do hope someone will be able to help you.
I know this may seem odd but have you thought about..Long lost families..(The tv programme)
your is a very unique story and they do love a challenge.Was Embden street school in Hulme as
i seem to remember it when i went to my grans..I wish you all the luck in the world..
Thank you for your interest.
Yes I have tried Long Lost Families but for some reason they are not interested. Perhaps there is too much time gone by since then but I do know that. I am really keen to find any family he may have had or even just to know what became of him.
Both my parents had very sad lives and many sorrows. They lost a child ( my sister Amelia ) when she was just six years old. She caught diphtheria just after our little two up and two down terrace house had been bombed and my father went into the forces in December 1940 and Amelia died in the following March
My mother had been brought up by her siblings as she was the youngest of 8 Children
Their mother died when my Mum was 7 years old and their father was in a P.O.W Camp on the Isle of Man
This was a family secret as their father was a German immigrant and was interned after the rioting in Manchester. He was then sent back to Germany after the war.
There goes by another story! It is one which was not spoken about as the family were afraid of any repercussions. There house in Union Street had been ramsacked by anti German rioters in response to the sinking of the Lusitania. My Grandmother had been dragged outside and the very neighbours who my grandfather had given bread and cakes to ( he was a master baker) proceeded to cut off her lovely long hair
I apologise for ranting but I feel such sorrow. He was a very kind good man.
I must not bore you but all this and more came to light after the death of one of my aunts and it took me years and years to get to the truth.
Thank you for your kindness
I will keep on my search until the last breath in my body.