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    Grogan family Chester Street

    1921 81 Clarendon Street Martin Grogan age 54 , born Leamington, occcupation Kitchen Range fitter, employer Eagle Range. Mary age 50 Nelly 17yr/6months Garnet 15/5 Eileen 10/11 Edwin 8/6 This fits the person in your original post
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    Grogan family Chester Street

    1871 Henry Street coventry Edward Grogan age 28 b Ireland Bridget age 27 b Ireland children all born Leamington Mary 6, martin 4,Anthony 1. Martin joined The kings Liverpool regiment at Shrewsbury in 1914 wife given as Mary(Dunleavy) children Agnes, Nellie, Garnet Francis.Eileen Winifred...
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    Goodwin / Mallard Family Connections – Albert Road, Aston

    Alfred Goodwin married Lilian Hadfield in 1938. Elsie Marion Hadfield is the elder sister of Lilian they are with their family , father Alfred Hadfield and mother Annie Edith at 154 Vicarage Road in 1921.
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2026

    I have a wide border in my garden and decided to add a small shrub in the back corner, This border had been dug over last year. My husband dug the hole and came out with a beautiful brown hens egg.it had shell intact but was very heavy so probably rotten inside My guesses were a rat ,squirrel...
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    Why are you a family historian?

    I started my family history because my family never really talked about their past , both parents were only children so when they both died in 1993/1995 I began to get curious.My son introduced me to Computor searching and that began my obsession with not only my own tree but helping others...
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    happy birthday to vivienne14

    Happy birthday Viv, enjoy the rest of your day. Alberta.
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    Taylor

    The Clive Douglas Taylor whose parents were Harry and Louisa, born 24th January 1895, married Jane Latchford in 1929 and they had a daughter Gwendoline M in 1935. Clive died in 1940. Do any of these people fit your tree Beverley.
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    malkin of coventry road sheldon.

    A few records that may interest you. William Malkin was born in September 1911. He married Amy Ormrod in 1931 and their children Gloria 1934, Cynthia 1940, Amy 1942, Lynne 1946. Amy and William separated or divorced because other children are all with mother thorneywork Nigel 1966,Philip 1968...
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    Help with my terrible Taylors please

    Lyn as far as I can see Fanny didn't marry John Hughes just called herself wife The main 'puzzles' in this family is that although married in 1860 Frank and Fanny didn't have a child Frank until 11th November 1876 I have supposed that he came back from USA around 1875 and he returned to...
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    Help with my terrible Taylors please

    Sorry Lyn , I don't know where I got Gt Charles Street from.
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    Help with my terrible Taylors please

    I have all their birth certificates , married, death etc. I believe that Frank Taylor snr may have perished in the flood but in the records there are many deaths without a name My main objective it to try to find out the wherabouts of Fanny and the boys 1879-1890 and to check if Frank snr went...
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    Help with my terrible Taylors please

    I have once more got out all records of my husbands family and they are making me tear my hair out:D I have all certificates to back up the records but still some mysteries. Francis (Frank ) Taylor married Frances(Fanny)Becket in 1860, St Phillips Birmingham both born 1839 Frank in Birmingham ...
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    looking for family of arthur terry ashted

    As Arthur has been found living with a family Smith could they be relatives Arthur W Terry , mother Smith b Birmingham South, the registration was March 1925, so could also be births late in 1924.
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    heavy snow warning for birmingham

    They said it would be with us at 6pm and it was 30 minutes late :) I was woken up in the middle of the night with heavy rain hitting the window so now we have roads of grey slush.
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    Family coinsidence.

    I was reminded of this when I was looking through some papers and saw my fathers adoption deed. His adoptive parents (his uncle and aunt) were my wonderful grandparents who I loved so much, they had teenage girls when Dad was born so you can imagine how spoilt he was :)
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