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      MWS reacted to thirtysecond's post in the thread Nickless Handsworth West Bromwich. with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Hello, MWS and LindaNZ I can confirm those births of the Labrum/Nickless family as I am the youngest of the four girls born to Hecla...
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      MWS reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Birmingham Collections Website with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Well, Mark, you’ve hit the nail on the head with these images—they’ve confirmed what I knew about my family but seeing it all in...
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      MWS reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Birmingham Collections Website with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Deep in the bowels of the Collections website there is a collection of photos of gypsy / traveller sites - mostly from 1930's with a few...
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      MWS reacted to Bobrg's post in the thread Moseley Elizabeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I shall look into my records to see if I can confirm this. Thank you so much.
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      MWS replied to the thread Moseley Elizabeth.
      Apologies if you already know this. Robert had 2 children whilst in India and he died there in 1876. His widow, Emily, returned to...
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      MWS reacted to Bobrg's post in the thread Moseley Elizabeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
      They were in the King's Fusiliers one served in the Boar uprising and also India I have there medals and service records. This is very...
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      MWS replied to the thread Moseley Elizabeth.
      Ok, it's become a little clearer, the 1939 Register did me. Kate and George were siblings and obvious shouldn't have been listed as...
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      MWS replied to the thread Moseley Elizabeth.
      Robert Thomas was your grandfather I think, the father of Geoffery Ernest - your father? Which would possibly mean that Maud and Emily...
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      MWS replied to the thread Moseley Elizabeth.
      Kate's father and George Robert's (Maud & Emily's brother) were both called Joseph, who were both sons of 2 more (different) Josephs...
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      MWS replied to the thread Moseley Elizabeth.
      Lived on Haughton Road? If so they are there on the 1939 Register but I can't quite work out what's going on. They are there with...
    • MWS
      The 1939 Register shows that most of the children of Joseph & Frances still live close to their parents (not unusual). Maps below show...
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      MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Joseph Taylor, 8 Cranby Street Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      He died 21 May 1949. There is a probate record for him giving the address as 7 Cranby Street.
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      MWS reacted to BeverleyD's post in the thread Joseph Taylor, 8 Cranby Street Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Thank you so much for all this information- I can’t wait to share it with my family!
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      MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Joseph Taylor, 8 Cranby Street Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      There is a cremation at Lodge Hill in May 1949 of a Joseph Taylor
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      Joseph Taylor appears to have been born in 1873, the son of a Joseph Taylor and a Sarah Fenn. He possibly had as many as 4 brothers and...
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