This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RIh.2ACIB/273.324 Message Board Post: HI NORMA; MY WILLIAM HENRY HADLEY, WAS MY GRAMPA,BORN IN CORK, IRELAND, BUT RAISED AROUND PORTSEA, ENGLAND.HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS MINNIE HADLEY,AND SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE,AND ABANDONDED GRAMPA AT 8 YEARS OF AGE.HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1902,A BARNARDO ORPHAN.I AM TRYING TO NOW FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MINNIE?........REGARDS,GAYLE,FROM CANADA.