A woman has appealed for help to trace her half-sister from Nantwich that she has never met in 70 years.
Diane Goodenough is keen to find out if her dad (pictured) Wilfred Ratcliffe’s daughter from a first marriage is still alive in South Cheshire.
Wilfred lived on Park Road, Willaston, while he worked at Crewe Railway Works before the Second World War.
But then he was called to serve with the Coldstream Guards during the war, and when he returned he did not go back to Cheshire and settled in Somerset instead.
Here he started a new family, and had four children, including the eldest Diane.
But they also discovered Wilfred was previously married in Nantwich to a woman called Charlotte and that they had a daughter.
“This is the half-sister we are trying to trace,” said Diane.
“We think her age now would be about 73 to 75.
“This is really all we know. We never liked to ask too many questions when we were younger.
“But this name Ratcliffe may jog someone’s memory from the past and they can get in touch and maybe share some memories together.”
Her dad Wilfred was born in 1916, the son of Fanny Ratcliffe, who died aged 71 in 1966.
Wilfred also had a sister, and Diane believes has had a son called David, who would be Diane’s cousin.
Wilfred died in the 1970s.
Anyone who may know the family or has any information, can contact Nantwichnews at [email protected]
Pictured: Wilfred Ratcliffe (above) in the 1940s, his sister and nephew in 1945 (below) and mother Fanny Ratcliffe in 1945 (right)
(Pictures courtesy of Diane Goodenough)
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