Talk:Len Howard

Genealogy
I am the great niece of 'The Bird Woman of Sussex'.

The description of 'Len Howard' as a pseudonym for Olive Howard is incorrect.

'The Bird Woman of Sussex' was called 'Gwen', not Olive - Olive was the name of her sister. I suspect 'Gwen' was an abbreviation for 'Gwendolen', but my handwritten family tree simply lists her as 'Gwen'. I have always been led to believe that Gwen adopted the name 'Len' as a sort of variant on her own name; there was no brother Len.

Gwen was the youngest of the four children of Henry Newman Howard (b 1861) and Florence Howard, nee Warman. The other two children were Kingsley Newman Howard and (Ernest) Dudley Howard. Kingsley was my grandfather; none of his siblings married.

Except during their war service, Olive and Dudley lived with their parents, latterly in a house in Ottery St Mary, until they died one by one, Olive on 2nd August, 1962 and Dudley on 13th August, 1962.

Unless someone tells me otherwise, I shall correct the misinformation in the main article within the next few days.

Susan Copus (born Susan Mary Howard in 1945)

Susan Copus (talk) 20:51, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Dear Susan, does your family tree provide a birth or death date? Is your great-grandfather this Newman Howard? Could you provide a digital image of your family tree? I believe the Ditchling History Project is interested in hearing from you.

142.204.16.10 (talk) 19:07, 29 November 2010 (UTC)