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George Harper - Pawnbroker

Lyn Walker

knowlegable brummie
George Harper was a pawnbroker in Birmingham in 1901 his widow Drusilla nee Lane gives her occupation as pawnbroker she was living at 93 Kingston Road Aston one son albert was an assistant
 
Hi John
George was dead in 1901 and his 3rd wife Drusilla was running the pawnbroker business, he had 3 wives and 10 children, 1st wife Phoebe Heath, 2nd Elizabeth Jordan nee Taylor and 3rd Drusilla Lane her family were bare knuckle fighters known as the battling brums.Drusilla and George were my hisbands great grandparents but his grandfather died in the flu epidemic in 1918 when his mother was 6 months old and the families lost touch and I find it hard to find out what happened to them
Lyn
 
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