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Hi Lynn it doesnt say on either Alfred or James's marriage certificates that their father was dead but it does on Rosina's when she married my grandfather in 1914. I can only summise that he died somewhere without being identified and was put into a pauper's grave. That may be why his death...

The last year I found him on a census was 1891 when he was working as a strip castor. His wife Susannah ( nee Tomkins, daughter of Ann Chinn who may be related to Carl?? more research needed there) died in 1899 from a huge blood loss in late pregnancy. I found their boys in the 1901 census in...

Hi Lyn, James was born in 1864. I cannot find his death at all. I know when he was arrested in 1903 he was of no fixed abode so I presume when he came out of prison one month later he was again homeless. It could be he died in an alley somewhere or fell into the cut! I doubt he would have...

Looking for information on the Showell family of Birmingham. I know they were brewers and one of their pubs the Bull's Head is in Price Street still. In particular James Showell (my great grandfather) who deserted 3 of his motherless children on a canal towpath in 1901.

I think it was Dugdale Street. My great grandparents were John and Alice Ann Daniels

Has anyone heard of the Mapplebecks buildings? According to the 1901 census this is where my great grandparents lived.

Many thanks for the link!

I am so sorry to have missed this. Does anyone know if Carl will doing another soon?

Many thanks for the info Mike

Hi Mike can I be a pain and ask if you know if 298 Summer Lane was a pub in 1851? Thomas Showell is shown on the census as a licensed victualler living there.

Many thanks for the map. I can see now where the street meets with the wharf.

Just had another look at the certificate and I think it is Cambridge St. Does anyone know if that is Kingston Wharf please?

Hi I have just seen on a baptism certificate my great grandmother lived in Kingston Wharf in 1889. Do you know if there was a Burbridge Street there?

That makes more sense! Many thanks...

I have just had another look at the birth certificate and it might be Curzon Street! Is that in Aston?