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Bill Stephenson wrote:
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A DR. BERNARO ORPHAN FROM SHREWBURY ENGLAND.
WILLIAM 9 YEARS OLD LEFT FOR CANADA FROM LIVERPOOL, HIS OLDER BROTHER
ALFRED 11 YEARS OLD LEFT AT THE SAME TIME AND SETTLED IN FARM AREAS
NEAR HAMILTON , ONTARIO, CANADA. COUNTY HALTON. DR. BERNADO TOOK
OVER THE OPHANAGE WHEN THE BOYS WERE IN THE ORIGINAL ORPHANAGE AND THE
RECORDS WERE LOST ACCORDING TO THE DR. BERNARDO OFFICE IN LONDON,
ENGLAND. HE WAS BORN IN JUNE 8, 1868 AND HIS MOTHER`S NAME WAS LUCY
AND HIS FATHER`S NAME WAS ALFRED ACCORDING TO HIS MARRIAGE LICENSE.
LUCY WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND KEPT THE BOYS IN HER CLASSROOM UNTIL SHE
DIED. WERE THE BOYS BASTARDS AND THEIR FATHER JEWISH AND HIS FAMILY
WOULD NOT LET HIM MARRY A GENTILE? IF HIS FATHER DID MARRY LUCY AND HE
WAS JEWISH HIS FAMILY WOULD DISOWN HIM. HE HAD PROMINENT JEWISH
FEATURES. BILL STEPHENSON wizard(a)jetstream.net