hello jim we may be cousins as my grandfather was samuel edward effer he came from paignton or torquay devon he was born 1800 ISH he married my grandmother who was phoebe effer her maiden name was lee she was also married before to a george argyle hutson who died in 1912 age 30 they lived in ireton st bow which comes under bromley london my grandfather and grandmother had 12 children and one child from a hazell which is my uncle sidney he is the eldest then comes my mother who was lillian marie she was born in march 19 1915 then comes my aunt rose she was born in 1917 then comes my uncle jhon who may be george heale john born 1919 he went abroad but we dont know where he may have gone to usa or australia then comes my aunt daisy she was born in 1923 there are others but they died young they are robert e who was born 1920 died 1922 William be born 1921 died 1922 alfred born 1922 died 1923 caroline p born 1926 died 1926 theresa born 1928 died 1933 dorothy born 1931 DIED 1932 i have myself two sisters christine born 1936 carol born 1945 and myself i was born 1949 I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN THE ELDEST IS DANIEL born 1978 louise born 1981 james born 1984 THEN lucy 1987 we live in exeter devon england i didnot realise that there were so many effers i thought that the name had died out but on researching my family tree i have found loads all over the world.please write back as soon as you can as i am really interestaed to know more about my family history as i never met my grandfather and want to know more about him and my other realitives.dead and alive.
yours sincerely
wendy penfold