I have just uploaded a picture of an elderly couple thought to be related to Ada Lavinia Skaife, a relative of Julie Gibson, a former SSG member.
Does anyone know who these people are?
I have just uploaded a picture of an elderly couple thought to be related to Ada Lavinia Skaife, a relative of Julie Gibson, a former SSG member.
Does anyone know who these people are?
A cousin of ours has informed me that her aunt was a Mary Scaife who was a military model for the WW2 Wasp posters. Bernard I believe her to be your close cousin. She married a guy named Strange, divorced him and married again Michael Grey who supposedly was a Spitfire pilot. I tried to find out about her but could not track her on this side of the pond. FYI. Hope all is good with you,.
Thanks Jack. I see she married a Hugh Strange in 1942 in Windsor. Her parents were George Scaife and Mary. George was a lithographer originally from York, the son of Tom Scaife who was son of William Scaife: Baptism: Tom s William & Hannah Scaife of Bempton, shoemaker b 27th Sep 1858, bp Nov 18th 1860. Also, we have in the Yorkshire Gazette: Tom Scaife, lithographer of York died 4 Feb 1911 at Bradford Infirmary, age 52. [11 Feb 1911]