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Hi Janice You have given me the best laugh of the day, the only I think. So funny about neither of us having notable nor commercial ancestors. I look to my humble roots and how they had such resilience and persevered and hope to find the same in this troubled time Look forward to any...

Hi Janice That is interesting about John and Frances. Thanks to the links you have sent I have been reading about the needle industry and it looks like there were some needle makers that were home/cottage based. Perhaps this was the case. I can't find the record but I did see an entry for...

Hi Janice Really appreciate the links to Redditch History as well as the Redditch History newsletter regarding the Humphrey shoes and the unknown family connection. I remember so few threads in my memory bank about my grandma and I thought her family was from Reading and only discouvered...

Hi Lyn Really like this new knowledge about the likely needle factory (Victoria Works) that Harriet worked as and glad she didn't have far to walk knowing that she became widowed and also had 5 children in her care. The map Mike posted showing the location of the Victoria Works on Britten...

Hi Janice Yes magnified like this I see that it does say Warwick Rd. Thanks for this. Carol

Thanks so much Janice. So appreciate all the maps you have shared. Carol

Thanks for all those great responses. Such super information. Carol

Hi Janice Harriet was a needle worker - listed as paperer if I read the census correctly. Not sure what that is and haven't found any information on what this job entailed. Carol

On Harriet's death certificate it says she died at Back 5, Hewell Rd. Carol

Hi Janice Oh I have wondered what needle factory they might have worked at. Thanks for the map and this added detail. Carol

Harriet Humphries is widowed in the 1871 census and she and her children live on Britten St but I do not have a street number. Her mother, Frances Moleworth and daughter, Frances Humphries live at 52 Britten Street and I am trying to determine if they live next door to one another or a few...

My great grandmother, Frances (Humphries) Heath lived with the Molesworths, her grandparents. All of her siblings, except Frances, lived with the parents William and Harriet Humphries. The Moleworth address in the 1861 census was Howell Rd, Greet and William and Harriet lived at Alcester St...

Yes this is my great grandmother and her two sons. They are in Carbon, Alberta, Canada in the 1906 and 1911 census. I have found that immigration years on Canadian documents are not always exact. The brothers Thomas and Richard come first though not positive in what year and Jane and her...

Have really enjoyed rereading all the threads and looking at the old maps. A nice diversion in a constantly changing landscape that we all find ourselves in.

Thanks Janice for all your industrious research regarding Hazelhurst. Carol