Family 'flabbergasted' after surprise Greater Manchester charity shop discovery sparks detective hunt
A Bolton woman left a family "flabbergasted" after she messaged them about her surprise charity shop discovery.
The book's first blank page had been signed and dated 'R A Boddan - November 26, 1906'. The address 16 Francis Street, Monton had also neatly inked in pen. Emma told the M.E.N: "I thought I'll have a go and see if I can trace them because I love genealogy anyway. I've done my own family tree - it took me about 20-minutes to be honest."
Her research uncovered that Edith Keaveny , who had written on the inside back cover of the book in 1990, was Robert's grand daughter. She was 77 when she sat down one day, five years before her death, and decided to add her name to the book which had once belonged to her grandfather. "They had their whole family tree on there and you get told if it matches someone else's," Emma said."I explained, I said I've got a book here and I think it belongs to your relative. I'd like to gift it to you if you want it as the direct descendants?
He also sent on photographs of his great grandfather, Robert Albert Boddan, and his aunt, Edith Keaveny - who both inscribed the inside front and back covers of the book.
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