Neil Franklin - Help Again!

[boothenbus]

Hi,

I know the guy was born in Shelton but does anybody know if he had any brothers or sisters or what his parentts were called.

Trying to trace down his family tree to find members of his family for interviews.

Thanks fellas,

BB

[mermaidsal]

If you want to find his parents, here are the details to order his birth certificate:

Name: Cornelius F Franklin
Mother's Maiden Surname: Bates
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1922
Registration district: Stoke T
Registration county: Staffordshire
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 348 (click to see others on page)

And here are his death details, hopefully one of his children might be the informant:

Name: Cornelius Franklin
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1922
Death Registration Month/Year: Feb 1996
Age at death (estimated): 74
Registration district: Stafford
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Register number: B28E
District and Subdistrict: 7351B
Entry Number: 195

To order the certificates (£7 each), you need to go to:

www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

[grayscfc]

christ you know your franklin stuff mucker. i doff my hat!!! what do you know about freddie steele?

[mermaidsal]

Freddie Steele's got a decent Wiki entry here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)

Wonder if we've got anyone on here who saw him play? He left Stoke in 1949 so there can't be many...

[Orbs]

His son Gary lived near me at Cellarhead if thats any help?!

[baystokie]

In Neil's autobiography, he says there were eight children, hmself, 6 brothers and one older sister.
Of the brothers, five were older and one younger
One of the brothers was named Harry

[elystokie]

Never realised just how good Freddie Steele was or how short his career was until reading the wiki article on him, if not for that knee injury Stoke's fortunes could have turned out totally different.

[baystokie]

Going back to posting re seeing Nobby Steele play - have to admit to being old enough to have seen him! In fact, still have (after 63 years!) the photocard he signed for me in 1947. Also have one signed by Frank Soo (was my Dad's) but not even I am old enough to have seen him play!

It's amazing how these, as well as other photos signed by Neil and Sir Stan, have survived through numerous house moves up and down the country, a stint in the Navy and working abroad.

[petrent]

Tom Finneys included him in his 'All time England 11'in todays Mail.

tinyurl.com/d7cwbf