Recent content by brummielink

Hi Heather, A fluke doodle on the internet this evening has come up with a very good family tree covering Samuel Mayfield & Mary Watts (married 26.10.1788 St Martin, Birmingham). The icons on the right of each page produce more detail too. Credit should be given to Robert George Clarke and...

Hi Heather, Thank you again, also with much gratitude to you for your very kind offer of information. I plan to continue with family research later this year, probably November as currently catching up with other things at the moment. I will come back to you with what data I find and see if it...

Hello Heather, Many thanks for replying and answering my query regarding 'Theatre and Mayfields'. My mother mentioned Mayfields as she was hoping to do a family tree years ago and had an old photo of an actor she was trying to place and thought the picture was of a Mayfield. She wrote to various...

Thank you very much for the map and noting the location. Beez neez

Thank you very much for looking. Many thanks.

COVENTRY ROAD Would you be able to pinpoint, on a map: No. 44 (in the hamlet of Bordesley in the parish of Aston in 1871) No. 40 (in the hamlet of Bordesley in the parish of Aston in 1881) Any information on the type of property these were (eg shop) and what sort of neighbours there were. Many...

I am making up a scrapbook on my family history and have browsed through some wonderful photos and information on the Then and Now streets & roads of Birmingham. Steelhouse Lane in 1853 is an address on a marriage certificate and the person I am researching is Charles Nightengale (could be...

Do you have any information on Loveday Street around the 1850s? A map of that time would reflect any info. I'm doing family history research and Loveday Street (no house number) is the address on a marriage certificate dated 1853 for Abigail Mayfield. Her name changes to Nightengale (or...

Update... Death record received: 1899 is the death of James Silver, and Clara Silver (maiden name Nightingale) is the widow.

Thank you for the responses. So it's possible the 1891 death may be the father and the 1899 death may be Clara's husband. Looks like the only way forward is to order a death certificate for the 1899 James. I'll take a chance. I will add the result to this thread when doc is received. Thank you...

I am having a problem finding any information on James George Silver. I have found a marriage record - 24.10.1892 James George Silver (spelt Silves in Ancestry), age 31 (so dob would be 1861), working as a Castor, living at 5 Good Street, father James Silver (deceased) Gasworker - married Clara...

Thank you very much for the photos and location indicators. The 1939 register has 9 people living at no.3 and the photos show good sized houses. I think Elsie and her mother may have been running a boarding house as the names of the residents were unrelated and one other unrelated person...

My grandmother's sister, Elsie Allwood was killed during a bombing raid December 1940 whilst at home. She lived at 3 Grantham Road, Sparkbrook. I have found the link to BARRAS on your site and noted the information provided. Are there any images anywhere of Grantham Road around the time of the...

My grandad was an LMS ARP, probably Curzon Goods Station. I'm doing a family story and wondered if anyone has any images of an ARP in action.