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Charles Brettell maried Mary Cottrell at St. Martin in 1779. Are there any other details on their entry? Witnesses, address, parents, occupation? Thanks. Jim

Mary Brittle, the sister of William, Henry & Harriet was born in 1824 (not 1814) and would possibly have been christened at St Martins, are there any records? Parents Joseph & Elizabeth Brittle. I also have a query regarding Joseph's siblings... this is the possible family group but do they all...

Many thanks Pollypops... I am now getting a bit of flesh on the bones of the bare statistics I started with. I shall put this together with the other information I have and see where to go to next. Jim

Thanks for getting back to me, I am hoping that there will be witnesses on there to add to the information I have and maybe provide a clue. I don't know which church they were married in but I believe their children were christened at St Phillips and St Martin. My niece is at Birmingham Uni and...

I have a William Brittle born 18th Nov. 1817, Birmingham. Parents Joseph & Elizabeth Brittle. I have a marriage of Joseph Brittle & Elizabeth Watson on 12th Oct. 1815 at Edgbaston, Warwickshire. How do I get hold of a copy of that marriage entry so I can check for further information? Thanks in...

Thanks for the speedy reply Mike, I shall add all this info to my Brittle file and hopefully it will all make sense one day. My big hope is for a photograph of William... there must be one as he eventually rose to the rank of inspector, he had a lovely police house up in Matlock Bath which I...

Hi, just joined your forum and hope to find out a little more about my gggrandfather's family. William Brittle was born in 1818. He was a button maker until 1848 when he became a policeman on the Staffordshire force. He was stationed at Rocester and married Ann Hill there in 1850. They had 4...