Recent content by Jason Ellis

Really helpful, than you for the prompt replies. It all linked together nicely. I have recorded everything on Familysearch.org at https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MVL3-N34 if you are interested.

Can anybody please help with background information on Thomas Chapman (c1813-1891), Omnibus proprietor of Aston? He is easy enough to track on the censuses etc: 1841 Sherlock Street, Birmingham. Servant in household of a horse dealer, John Adcock 1851 173 Ashted Row, Aston, Car Proprietor 1855...

I would like to thank everybody who provided so much useful information on the Nash Family of Shipston on Stour, Stourbridge, Birmingham and New York. For anybody interested I have documented the life story at Arthur John Nash.docx. Just click on the filename and it should give you access. I...

Picking up a ten year old thread. Please can you help with information on earlier generations of John Sumner's family? I know that the building of Coleshill Town Hall was completed on 28th November 1925 by John Sumner who had made his fortune through the Typhoo tea brand. I also know that...

The Haden family, and particularly the Haden-Richardson offshoot are famous in the annals of Stourbridge glassmaking. But genealogy aside I think I have the connection you are looking for. Holly Hall Glassworks in Dudley stood about a mile southwest of Dudley town centre, and the glassworks...

I can add some information to your quest. I have documented your putative family at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MH1Z-PT1. If you are unfamiliar with www.familysearch.org it is free. “Your” William Price was born some time before 1798. He married Sarah and had at least two...

I am seeking information on William Taylor, Iron founder, 24 August 1816 – 1895. More specifically I am trying to prove or disprove if it was his iron that was used to build Euston station in London. He was born in Birmingham and died in Aston. He married Ann Elizabeth Corbett in 1842 at...

Does anybody have any information on Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908. On the 1851 census he ran the town mill in Shipston on Stour. But on the 1861 census he was "Miller and Wesleyan local preacher" at 81 Henry Street, Duddeston. I have looked at 81 Henry Street on a map on this forum and it...

Does anybody have any information on Joseph Corbett 1793 – 1868. He was a political agitator, prominent anti-corn law agitator and leader of the temperance movement. He kept a Temperance hotel in Paradise Street, Birmingham. I alrady have his obituary in Birmingham Daily Gazette 24 April 1868...

Hello, I have another Walthew related question. In the 1851 census Hannah Walthew, widow, (nee Bucknall) is a publican with a very precise address - the corner of Islington and 48 Broad Street, an excellent location for a pub. Can anybody help me with the name of the pub of a list of licensees...

Hi Nicholas, Isn't this forum fantastic. Please can you tell me any more about the Phil Woodward you are researching. He is part of my family but proving difficult to track down, depite his fame at the Kardomah. Jason Ellis

Hello Janice, I do now have his father's name from his marriage certificate. John Brookes, born about 1927, married Dorothy May Southerton, a widow, nee Ellis (my aunt) 23 December 1950 in Birmingham. His address at the time was 130 Malmesbury Road, Small Heath and his occupation was glass...

Thank you MWS. That is consistent on several levels: 1. His name was John Brookes with an "e". That was just careless on my part. 2. Dorothy May Ellis first married Henry (Harry) Wilfred Southerton in 1936, but he died in 1948. Dorothy May then remarried to John Brookes in 1950. 3. It is not...

Can anybody help me with Information on the stage career of the entertainer John Brookes in the 1950s. His act included miming some of the big names of his day such as Al Jolson. I don't know his date of birth but he married Dorothy May Southerton in 1950. Dorothy was born in 1918, so it would...

Hi Sue, I have found some photographs of my parents Geoff and Audrey Ellis at their Fish & Chip Shop, 159 Station Road, Stetchford taken 21 May 1963. Look at those prices: cod 1s 2d, plaice 1s 3d. Pies from Telfers and Fleur de Lys