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Hi
Here is some more trivia that will eventually be lost. It may even be a good subject for Cold Case.
My Cousin and Aunt did a lot of research on the family tree back to about 1820. Nothing really startling came to life however there was one bit of "father son information" that that did not get into the history because it is hearsay.
My great great grandfather got a free passage to Australia for biffing his commanding officer. He was pretty handy with his fists.
Any way the story goes (passed down by word of mouth through the male line) that in the early days prize fighting was a regular (but illegal) passtime and in one of these bouts my great great grandfather killed a man in the ring. Because this would have earned him a noose the whole incident was covered up so there is no official record. Just what my great grand father passed to his son etc. eventually comming to me and I have now passed it on to my son and grandson.
Barry
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