In the Somerset village where my husband's family have lived since the mid 1800's there are two distinct branches of the Lawrence family, I haven't found any connection between them though in such a small place there are probably distant marriages, but no common ancestor as far as I have found out. Someone who married into the other family decided to write a book about the Lawrence family and she has got the two sides mixed up, my husband had an uncle called Gilbert who for all of his live was the local coalman, he inherited the business from his father who had inherited it from his father, my husband’s great grandfather, when uncle Gilbert died in 2006 it was decided to name a road on the housing estate built on the coal yards after him so Lawrence Close was born.
This other Lawrence decided to attribute this road and the coal business to her husband’s great uncle Austin who we've never heard of, when I pointed out (I did try and do it politely and tactfully) her mistake she snootily said that her research had led her to Austin so she was right, I pointed out that uncle Gilberts sister lived just two doors away from her and would confirm what I had said, I also sent her a copy of the obituary and the family tree from our side of the family. She then said that her research might have been wrong but as her book only went to a few people on her side of the family it didn't really matter.
If she has made mistakes in this really recent history (her husband should have known the correct facts surely) I shudder to think what she's done with the rest of her research, she does mention 'A*******y' as the best web site so maybe that is where she got her information from but as I'm not a member I can't check.
Am I really wrong to be annoyed and upset that Uncle Gilbert has had his 'fame' stolen?
This other Lawrence decided to attribute this road and the coal business to her husband’s great uncle Austin who we've never heard of, when I pointed out (I did try and do it politely and tactfully) her mistake she snootily said that her research had led her to Austin so she was right, I pointed out that uncle Gilberts sister lived just two doors away from her and would confirm what I had said, I also sent her a copy of the obituary and the family tree from our side of the family. She then said that her research might have been wrong but as her book only went to a few people on her side of the family it didn't really matter.
If she has made mistakes in this really recent history (her husband should have known the correct facts surely) I shudder to think what she's done with the rest of her research, she does mention 'A*******y' as the best web site so maybe that is where she got her information from but as I'm not a member I can't check.
Am I really wrong to be annoyed and upset that Uncle Gilbert has had his 'fame' stolen?
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