On Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 7:49:19 PM UTC+1, Paul C wrote:   
   > If you think tracing your own family's history is difficult just be   
   > grateful that Jeffrey ARCHER is not counted amongst your family - or   
   > perhaps he is.   
   >   
   > Having just read the first two chapters of Michael Crick's biography   
   > of Archer I think the following is an accurate summary of selected   
   > events in Archer's past:   
   >   
   > Father - William Robert ARCHER  b 1875   
   > Mother - Lola Howard COOK       b 1913   
   >   
   >   
   > Father married Alice LINARD in 1900.  Clarice born 1902, Dorothy born   
   > 1904.  Half sisters of Jeffrey.   
   >   
   > Father 'disappeared' in 1909.  Possibly went to US, but in London in   
   > Oct 1914 facing fraud charges. Trial postponed because of war.  Case   
   > dismissed in 1919.  Father's age given as 39 (actually 44).   
   >   
   > Father married bigamously in US in 1916.  Used identity of former   
   > employer - William F G GRIMWOOD. According to newspaper report he won   
   > FLorence BRAINARD's heart "with his stories of brave deeds on the   
   > battlefields of France".  Divorce granted 1919.  One daughter (half   
   > sister to Jeffrey) Rosemary Brainard GRIMWOOD b 1917   
   >   
   > Father claimed to be captain in Royal Engineers in WW1 and gained DCM.   
   > Untrue. No evidence that he fought in the war.   
   >   
   > Jeffrey Neville HOWARD born in 1934.  Parents recorded as William   
   > Robert HOWARD and Mollie HOWARD.  6 months later birth certificate   
   > amended.  Mother, Lola COOK but all father's details removed.  Boy   
   > renamed Jeffrey Neville COOK.   
   >   
   > 1935  William Robert Archer granted custody of Jeffrey Neville COOK.   
   > Child renamed Jeffrey Neville ARCHER.   
   >   
   > 1939  Jeffrey Neville ARCHER adopted by Samuel and Edith MAYNE.   
   > Becomes Jeffrey Neville MAYNE.   
   >   
   > Archibald William ARCHER marries Lola Howard COOK  bigamously   
   > (probably) in Glasgow in 1939.  Name changed from William Robert   
   > probably to hide bigamous act.  His age recorded as 54.  He was, in   
   > fact, 63.  His father's occupation is given as 'farmer'.  Untrue - he   
   > was a caretaker.   
   >   
   > 1941 Jeffrey Howard ARCHER (**the** Jeffrey Archer) born to William   
   > and Lola   
   >   
   > 1945  Jeffrey Neville MAYNE adopted by Kimberley and Violet BROWN.   
   > Becomes Jeffrey Neville BROWN.   
   >   
   >   
   > Jeffrey Archer apparently unaware of the existence of his brother   
   > Jeffrey (Brown).  The two met by chance at a charity cricket dinner in   
   > 1982.  Jeffrey Brown said to Jeffrey Archer "Hello Jeffrey I'd like to   
   > talk to you, we're related".  Jeffrey Archer pushed him aside and said   
   > "I've got no relations".   
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   > Paul   
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