On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:11 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:59 AM [GMT+1=CET],
> family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Will asked if I had checked the census data to find more about LB
>> Faulkner. Thanks Will, but I think it would be a much easier task if
>> I knew what the L and B stood for. Sadly I know more about LB's boats
>> than I do him. It's really basic information that I need to get a
>> hand hold.
>
> Here's another couple of possible approaches.
>
> 1. LB Faulkner was based, as you know, in Leightoin Buzzard. I
> think their yard was what is now Wyvern Shipping. James Griffin
> might therefore know something.
>
> 2. Until a few years ago there was a little group of businesses on
> Leightin Buzard bridge (a grocery and a launderette) that carried the
> name Faulkner. I often wondered whether there was any family
> connection. Local records of those might reveal something.
Is it possible that the LB simply stands for Leighton Buzzard and is not the
initial letters of Mr Faulkner's given names?
--
Bob
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