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    MWS replied to the thread 1881 Census Aston Union Workhouse" Gravelly Hill Erdington.
    Parents appear to be a John Parsons and a Mary Morson. Marriage reg. Solihull Sep qtr 1868, she is listed as Marson. There was an elder...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread First Birmingham coroner with Appreciate Appreciate.
    "Who do you Think you are" magazine, for January 2025, has an article concerning Angela Coulter's research into her ancestors. She is...
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    MWS replied to the thread william john dawson 1878 cannock.
    I think you've got to assume she was telling the truth until you can prove that she wasn't. But as we know so little about him for...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread william john dawson 1878 cannock with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The trouble is she could be lying so she can marry again. We now need to search the death records
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    MWS reacted to sunriser40's post in the thread william john dawson 1878 cannock with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The marriage certificate arrived today and it looks like Jane was a widow and Joseph Henry Horton was her father. So William John...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Mary Ann Biggs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have just done a quick "walk" down Trent Street on 1861 census and I can't see a Robert or Mary Ann with surname Biggs.
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    MWS replied to the thread Surname misspelt.
    Spelling of names at that time could vary from record to record. Many people couldn't read or right and once they told someone their...
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    MWS reacted to Reddi's post in the thread Gordon Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Its been a while since this thread was added too, but I have located some further pics of Gordon Street. No1 was taken in the front...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Mary Ann Biggs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Henry burial? At St Martins
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Mary Ann Biggs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Burial of Enoch?
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    MWS replied to the thread Mary Ann Biggs.
    There are 2 other Biggs/Ellis birth reg. listed in Bham in the 1850s. James 1856 and Enoch 1859. Can't tell if they are theirs. There's...
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    MWS reacted to Julie Treharne's post in the thread Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi all...I have just received the Will of Eliza Cratchley and the two beneficiaries are Lilian Jane Smith (middle child of Eliza's...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Phillips Olwyn Mary with Appreciate Appreciate.
    He is on the Service Register so no wives listed
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    MWS replied to the thread Phillips Olwyn Mary.
    Interestingly on the 1945 ER her husband still appears to be listed at 75 Clydesdale Road but I'm not sure if she is (from search...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Phillips Olwyn Mary with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was referring to the one on the eroll in Handsworth. Post #3
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