Recent content by HeatherE

Being Clara's assistant, then taking over the business does seem to make sense.

Interesting theory. I have no knowledge of any Hales but I wonder if she could have been connected to one of Clara's nieces or nephews as quite a few of them stayed in the area. And I do have one of the nephews marrying someone with the surname Cale (typo? misread?). I don't have much info on...

This should probably be a new thread but I don't know where to put it. I have spend some time today reading through my grandfather's letters from WWI. When he was wounded he was sent to 2nd Birmingham war hospital. He wrote about seeing his aunts and uncles - it would have been the first time...

So Clara ran her own business until she was around 72 years old. Good on her!

Thank you. I hadn't seen that photo. I was telling my sons about all the things I'd found out and they were interested to see the photo.

Thank you so much everyone who has helped in my little hunt. I really enjoy learning about my family's lives. All this has just made me want to know more. I can see mundane tasks like cooking and cleaning getting pushed to the side for a while. My grandfather wrote about visiting various aunts...

Clara, from 48, was 100 when she died in 1961. I wonder how long she ran the shop for.

I just said to my son that it looked like there were shops on the ground floor of 48 and 46 - I guess they ran their businesses from home. My records say that the father, John, was a tailor - not sure where the confectioner comes from - a sweet tooth :)

Thank you. This is great. I'll have a thorough look at it tomorrow - it's the end of the day for me and I'm too tired to look at it properly

Thanks, I've updated her name. If that theory is correct, then the odd one out is the female seated on the right - the wife of the eldest son, maybe? William's wife (Elizabeth Morley) would have been about 50 is the date is correct.

Oh my goodness. Thank you!

Hi Astoness, I have no proof of where it was taken except I know they were living in Birmingham at the time. I guess the 1901 census would help narrow down where they lived. I don't have any genealogy memberships at the moment so will have to wait till I can get to a library.

Thanks for your reply. My first thought was that was her too. I'm not really sure about the date the photo was taken but if that is Clara then I don't think the photos were taken too many years apart. Also, I'm either missing a sister or one of the younger females is a wife of a brother. Spent...

I have a photo taken in around 1905 of the wife (Emma Horton 1837-1906) and some of the children (or possibly in-laws) of John Eyles (my 2G grandfather). I know they lived in Birmingham at the time and I know all the children's names but I would love to know who is actually in the photo. There...