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The picture on my profile is my Grandparents, Benjamin and Emily Eliza Franks (nee Worby).Taken on the narrowboat 'Benjamin'
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Benjamin b 1904 was Mums brother,the brother who drowned ( Joe) married Sarah Ellen Grantham.Benjamin and Emily Eliza were my Grandparents.John(Jack)Franks married Violet Powell.Mary Franks married Sid Freeth.All these were boat people.Thanks for the reply x
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Hello v little is known of the Franks.I do however have the parish record for Benjamin son of Benjamin & Emily Eliza born nov 15 1904 & Baptised @ Brentford on dec 18 abode was given as canal boat "Benjamin" if you let me know some of the other surnames in your tree i will see if i can make connections for you with other canal familys
Jeannette
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Hello v little is known of the Franks.I do however have the parish record for Benjamin son of Benjamin & Emily Eliza born nov 15 1904 & Baptised @ Brentford on dec 18 abode was given as canal boat "Benjamin" if you let me know some of the other surnames in your tree i will see if i can make connections for you with other canal familys
Jeannette
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My Mums family were all boat people....we can trace them back to 1793, family name Franks. Most of them married into other boating families.My Gt Grandad Franks owned his own boats-Benjamin and Valiant. My Mums brother Joe Franks drowned in a canal lock at Slough in 1936, this is when Mums parents decided to leave the canals and settle in Marsworth. Dad was lock keeper at lock 39