I just saw your message a few minutes ago (12:20 AM EST), so I looked for Leonard May. I found his World War II draft registration. His full name was Leonard Allen May. He was born 3-23-1912 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England and was married at the time to Eleanor Garrison. He had brown hair, blue eyes, and was 5'7" tall.
The tombstone has the wrong birth year, and he had married again. There is a copy of his obituary, which gives his parents' names.
Are you saying that Robert is your grandfather, and your father was adopted by Robert? Just trying to figure out what you need to know. A Y-DNA test will help you find the last name of your real male ancestral line. If it's an unusual last name, you might be able to do some detective work and find out who was around with that last name at the right time.
Robert is my father. Leonard is my biological grandfather. This is amazing. I can’t thank you enough.
Allen is my fathers middle name as is mine. I’ve never known anything about him. He had two sons, Gary and Robert then I don’t know what happened, went to start a new life?
I wonder where his family is? I’m blown away by this really. The article mentions California, where I’m at and that he died in Maryland.
Good morning. I can’t begin again to thank you. My head is spinning. I have three uncles and 9 cousins!!! I tried calling the VFW and left a message. All those awards! The cross de guere with palm seems rare? He literally lived an hour from me my whole life :(. No one knows the story; what happened. My father unfortunately died last April of a heart attack while awaiting bypass due to COVID times. I don’t have many people to share this with.
Thank you for all your time. Any other info you could find would be appreciated and I want to send you some money, you deserve it. I love this kind of stuff and you just opened an entire chapter. Thank you
Get you an account with Ancestry, and you can find a ton of info. The people in England don't seem to have done as much with genealogy as we have. You'll need more than the basic account with Ancestry to access records over there. You might be able to trace your other lines here in the US further back. It's a never-ending detective story.
Money would be nice, but we can't be doxxing each other. So just be happy and start researching. One site by someone I know with some interesting stories of research is WikiKin. There's a contact page, and you can tell him I sent you there.
I just saw your message a few minutes ago (12:20 AM EST), so I looked for Leonard May. I found his World War II draft registration. His full name was Leonard Allen May. He was born 3-23-1912 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England and was married at the time to Eleanor Garrison. He had brown hair, blue eyes, and was 5'7" tall.
Here is a link to his Findagrave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40754141/leonard-allen-may
The tombstone has the wrong birth year, and he had married again. There is a copy of his obituary, which gives his parents' names.
Are you saying that Robert is your grandfather, and your father was adopted by Robert? Just trying to figure out what you need to know. A Y-DNA test will help you find the last name of your real male ancestral line. If it's an unusual last name, you might be able to do some detective work and find out who was around with that last name at the right time.
Robert is my father. Leonard is my biological grandfather. This is amazing. I can’t thank you enough. Allen is my fathers middle name as is mine. I’ve never known anything about him. He had two sons, Gary and Robert then I don’t know what happened, went to start a new life?
I wonder where his family is? I’m blown away by this really. The article mentions California, where I’m at and that he died in Maryland.
This is crazy. I can’t thank you enough.
Good morning. I can’t begin again to thank you. My head is spinning. I have three uncles and 9 cousins!!! I tried calling the VFW and left a message. All those awards! The cross de guere with palm seems rare? He literally lived an hour from me my whole life :(. No one knows the story; what happened. My father unfortunately died last April of a heart attack while awaiting bypass due to COVID times. I don’t have many people to share this with. Thank you for all your time. Any other info you could find would be appreciated and I want to send you some money, you deserve it. I love this kind of stuff and you just opened an entire chapter. Thank you
Get you an account with Ancestry, and you can find a ton of info. The people in England don't seem to have done as much with genealogy as we have. You'll need more than the basic account with Ancestry to access records over there. You might be able to trace your other lines here in the US further back. It's a never-ending detective story.
Money would be nice, but we can't be doxxing each other. So just be happy and start researching. One site by someone I know with some interesting stories of research is WikiKin. There's a contact page, and you can tell him I sent you there.