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Hi everyone, I thought this might tempt you as well. This is sketch by Mary of a cottage at the croft which remains there today. If by any chance you might live close by I would love to get a picture of the cottage as it is today from the same angle. The one attached is from a real esate...

Fantastic thankyou

Its great to know the location. The painting looks like a young artist to me but I am no expert. It is 3 miles from Aldridge so getting there would have been easy in a Gig but like everyone else she was used to walking. The penny dropped to day and I realised that the name of the place is Cedar...

What an amzing find! Thankyou

Hi Hi Brumie, I have given you a link below which may help. Let me know if its still a problem Mary

Dear Viv, I am so pleased you had a look at Mary's work in Hobart. It is quite extroadinary and makes you realise just how important her schooling had been to her. It ceratinly opened up the world of literature, art and music for her.

Dear Friends, Thankyou so much for all your wonderful contributions. It has certainly added greatly to my work and will allow me to make some important coreections. The name Cedar Court remains a mystery though. It was certainly in the family folk law because Mary's gg grandson named his house...

Hi Viv, Sorry you are absolutely correct her name was Bertha and Henry was brother to Joseph. He was a good painter but terrible business man and went backrupt loosing lots of his fathers money. He ran off to NSW but left some wonderful painting now in NSW art gallery

Hi Lyn, Thankyou so much for your prompt and helpful reply. I actually have sufficient information on the Allports but my focus is on their school. I estimate they must have taught up to 1500 girls in their time as educators so I am just hoping someone may a family folk lore about a gggg...

The Aldridge School for Young Ladies AKA Cedar Court was owned and operated by Hannah and William Allport from around 1790 to the mid 1820s. They had up to 50 children each year and offered a wide range of subjects. I am researching the life of one girl Mary Morton Chapman who married Joseph...

Thankyou MWS

Hi MWS Great to hear from you again. Once again thankyou for your clear thoughts on my queries. You are right it seems the only possible descendent might come from John's daughter or William or Sarah. You will be pleased to know my book is now almost completed but of course now comes the hard...

Hi, I live in Hobart Tasmania and am writing a biography of Mary Morton Allport who married Joseph Allport at Aldridge in 1826 and travelled to Tasmania in 1831. I am writing so see if there are any Allport families still living in or around Birmingham who may be descended from Joseph's family...

Woops sorry MWS you are correct Vincent married Elizabeth Allwright and Alfred married Sarah Allwright

Dear MWS and Pedrocut, Wow thankyou for such quick replies and the information. I think it was Alfred, John's son, who married Elizabeth Allwright in Tasmania.