Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,375 pages of information and 250,321 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ruth Fontes

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Ruth Fontes (1911-1969)

Born at London the daughter of Antonio Gonçalves Fontés

'Luis and Ruth Fontés...The pair were the illegitimate offspring of a well-to-do Brazilian businessman, Antonio Gonçalves Fontés, who had numerous children with a variety of mistresses over the years. Ruth was born in London on 10 March 1911 and her younger brother Luis on 26 December 1912.Although their father was Brazilian their mother, Marie Fairer, was British and the children were both British citizens.' See the long and detailed of the exploits.[1]

1933 Royal Aero Club Certificates No. 11298: DH.Gypsy MothSouth Devon Club

1936 Married at Kensington to Dr Norman Howard-Jones

1969 Died. Mapledurham, South Oxfordshire.

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