Who was Billy Rinds? His name came up in our family tree research after a conversation with a distant cousin; he may have been a comedian, or the ‘straight’ man to a comedian… but who he was and how he’s connected I’m not sure.
There were several William rinds born in the nineteenth century, I think the original Rinds family came from Ireland. They may have come from Leitrim, although originally it is believed that the Rinds/Rind/Rynd/Rynde people came from Scotland in the eleventh century. There were at least two William Rinds who were in the army, and one of them may have married a woman called Maria, who married again after his early death at thirty-nine… So soldier Billy, but funny-man Billy…
I looked back at the notes we took after speaking to the cousin, and see that according to her, Billy may have married fanny… this rings a little bell and I look at my family tree, this time looking for Fanny… And he was not Rinds at all… he was Billy Rhymes!! is that a better name for a comedian’s side-kick? If I find out any more, I will report back!
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