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  1. slinton

    HARRIS - Mott Street,

    This is really weird! I'm looking for photo's/memorabilia of my Grandad - Charlie 'Tiger' Smith 1911 - 1982 - from Birmingham. He was a boxer in the Army. I suspect that he would've been a featherweight. He had exceptionally blue eyes and was only about 5'4". He married Mary Tainty and had two...
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    Cowper Street

    Thank you so much for sharing these photos. Three generations of my family lived at 58 Cowper St. They were the Tildesleys. If anyone knows them I'd love to hear from them. The name Benjamin, Ben and Benny :)
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    TAINTY / TAINTEY Help please!

    Thank you again for your attention.... Yes! of course! how simple is that answer!? It's completely logical that they didn't 'register' the birth til after the New Year! Maybe it was heavy snow! :o) You see it every time you look for a birth record,, it does actually say 'registered'! I...
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    TAINTY / TAINTEY Help please!

    Thank you so much for your time and effort Shera. My problem is that although I can find the 3 son's with FOSTER mother maiden name,,, I can not find MARY TAINTEY (TAINTY)'s Mother at all!! I even ordered a marriage cert from GRO which confirmed the Father's name as George Tainty (with no...
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    TAINTY / TAINTEY Help please!

    I am looking for Mother of Mary Tainty. Her Fathers name was George (detail in 1935 marriage cert to Charles Richard SMITH) but I can not pinpoint Mother. I also can not find any more info about Father. She had a brother known as Bill TAINTY (most likely William). I have 2 options of year...
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    Books: on pre 1851 Birmingham

    I've just clicked on that link,,, Excellent!
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