JohnCenaFan28
12-10-2008, 08:38 PM
American outlaw Butch Cassidy had Geordie heritage, according to newly discovered records.
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The leader of the Hole In The Wall gang carried out countless robberies across Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Nevada.
But census records show his roots lie in the north-east of England, reports the Daily Telegraph.
His mother Ann Gillies lived for years in Brandling Village, in Jesmond, Newcastle, before emigrating to start a life in New York.
The English link was discovered by Mike Bell who as a boy became obsessed with the film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Mr Bell, 52, who grew up in Newcastle, said: "I've been from Utah to Argentina looking for information on Butch. All the time the house where his mum lived was around the corner."
Gillies later moved to Utah and wed Cassidy's father Maximillian Parker in 1865. Cassidy was christened Robert Leroy Parker and born in Utah in 1866.
Mr Bell, who now lives in Birmingham, said: "After the film I started to read more about Butch. It became an obsession. People say he was a nice guy. He kept trying to go straight."
-Nova
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The leader of the Hole In The Wall gang carried out countless robberies across Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Nevada.
But census records show his roots lie in the north-east of England, reports the Daily Telegraph.
His mother Ann Gillies lived for years in Brandling Village, in Jesmond, Newcastle, before emigrating to start a life in New York.
The English link was discovered by Mike Bell who as a boy became obsessed with the film Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Mr Bell, 52, who grew up in Newcastle, said: "I've been from Utah to Argentina looking for information on Butch. All the time the house where his mum lived was around the corner."
Gillies later moved to Utah and wed Cassidy's father Maximillian Parker in 1865. Cassidy was christened Robert Leroy Parker and born in Utah in 1866.
Mr Bell, who now lives in Birmingham, said: "After the film I started to read more about Butch. It became an obsession. People say he was a nice guy. He kept trying to go straight."
-Nova