Recent content by Katrina

Many thanks for the link!

I am so sorry to have missed this. Does anyone know if Carl will doing another soon?

Many thanks for the info Mike

Hi Mike can I be a pain and ask if you know if 298 Summer Lane was a pub in 1851? Thomas Showell is shown on the census as a licensed victualler living there.

Many thanks for the map. I can see now where the street meets with the wharf.

Just had another look at the certificate and I think it is Cambridge St. Does anyone know if that is Kingston Wharf please?

Hi I have just seen on a baptism certificate my great grandmother lived in Kingston Wharf in 1889. Do you know if there was a Burbridge Street there?

That makes more sense! Many thanks...

I have just had another look at the birth certificate and it might be Curzon Street! Is that in Aston?

Hi I know this is an old thread but does anyone know of a Curron st in Aston? My Grandmother was born there in 1886 (she was one of the Showell family) Katrina

I have just found out my Great Grandparents lived in No 8 Quinton Buildings in 1911. Sounds like it was an awful place to live.

Does anyone know of the Edwards family who lived at 61 Inkerman Street in Small Heath in 1950?

Hi I have been in touch today with the church for my own family research. The grave stones have been removed but there is a site plan in the office which may help. I am looking for the Showell family who attended the church in the 1700's to the 1800's.

We used to live near there and my school was also nearby. The stench used to be awful.................

I tested my DNA with Ancestry because I have a total brick wall with my dad's side of the family. I know my paternal grandmother was Rosina Showell (from the Birmingham brewers the Showells} but all I know of my paternal grandfather James Frederick Edwards is he was born in Westminster and his...