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Thanks very much. It was the bride`s father`s name I wanted so that is really helpful

Does anyone have access to these records? I`m trying to find out more about the marriage of Sarah Harding to Elijah Heathcock on 3rd November 1845 at St Thomas, Dudley - preferably without having to pay GRO for a certificate! Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks Lyn - more sadness!!

Well done Janice - you`ve found one birth I didn`t know about! There is also one you missed - Charlotte baptised 12 November 1826 - but I didn`t know about Maria in 1834. I hadn`t looked for her as she isn`t on the 1841 Census. At the time of the 1839 court case Phoebe is described as...

Thanks Janice - it gets more and more pitiful doesn`t it?! I`m sure she did that just to feed her family. She had 3 children then with no sign of a father. Hopefully when she was in prison they were cared for by Phoebe`s mother who did live with Phoebe when elderly. In the photos above was...

Yes, in 1839 she actually stole from her brother-in-law who was my 3xgreat grandfather. To be honest it smacks of desperation to me as just a few months earlier she was present at the death of her sister (my 3xgreat grandmother) who died in childbirth. Phoebe had also been a witness at their...

I have an ancestor Phoebe Harding who was tried in Worcestershire 16/10/1837 for fraud and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. During this 12 months I`m pretty sure she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter Ann but I`ve been unable to find anything about her birth. Phoebe spent all her life...

Thanks Alberta. I think I saw "s" next to Frederick`s name and thought it meant "son". I presume it actually meant "single"?

Thankyou. I had seen the 1939 entry and noticed Frederick Parsons. I think he is listed as their son but I`ve no idea who he is. I don`t think Georgina was a widow when she married Thomas/Alf

I`m trying to find out more about my great-uncle Alfred Thomas Howell who was born probably in the Harborne area in 1893 and baptised in Upton Warren 13/7/1893. In the family he was known as "Alf" but in some records he seems to be recorded as Thomas Alfred. In 1911 he was living with his...

Thanks very much - I had wondered if they were back-to-backs but they look a lot better than that

could anyone give me more information about this address - where my grandparents lived during the WW1? I have tried googling it but it looks like that end of Albert Road no longer exists Thanks

I`m struggling to find out what happened to Selina Bennett (Knowles) who was born about 1827 in Birmingham. She married John Bennett in 1848. In 1871 they are in Warstone Lane, Richmond Terrace. In 1881 John is in Birmingham Workhouse and described as a widower but I can`t find a death for...

I`m hoping someone might be able to tell me more about my husband`s ancestor John Hall. He sounds a bit dodgy to me! All I know is that he was born approx 1789 NOT in Staffordshire. He married Emily Merrington 12/6/1820 in Westminster - he was about 31 but she was only about 15! As far as I...

Thanks Please could anyone explain the house numbering system to me? In 1901 my grandfather was lodging with the Lucas family at "12ct 1Ho". My grandmother Jane Gaunt was a couple of census pages away with her family at "74" - but the house next door to the Gaunts is "16ct 4Ho"