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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    The mother of Alfred Henry, Rose (Rosina) and George was Elizabeth Fenton. She married Richard Foster in 1896 and on the 1901 census her...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Why do you have an Elizabeth Barker as the mother of Alexandra Perca? Also the wife of Richard Foster and the mother of Alfred Henry...
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    MWS replied to the thread Cooksey Road/Avenue Small Heath.
    Could photos 2 and 3 be the 2 terraces of Vann's Buildings...
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    MWS replied to the thread Cooksey Road/Avenue Small Heath.
    Not sure if it's the sunlight or the gardens but the first terrace photo looks quite a nice place whilst the other two much less so.
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Cooksey Road/Avenue Small Heath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    for those interested here are a few photo i have...also a map to go with them.looking at some of them they are of the terraces that were...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Well it definitely looks old and, to me at least, quite a haunting picture.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Suzanne - as far as I can see your tree is private so we can't see anything on it.
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Most likely candidate is the daughter of Clara's brother Edward. She was born in 1895. And she appears to have married a Thomas F...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Sorry for being a bit of a doubting Thomas but a pre 1879 photo of the wife of a bricklayer?
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Anything is possible. She could be a relative of another Italian family and came with them to Bham or one that was already here and came...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    George's grandmother, Lydia Lewis (nee Russell) died in 1879.
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Still can't see any other record (census or birth) for her. Or any other Perca. Maybe she was born in Italy (or wherever), family came...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    in case you are interested the addresses given on marriage cert say 15 and 17 cooksey avenue cooksey road...all gone now of course but...
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    MWS reacted to Brasscaster's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have you seen this record of Alexandra's RC Confirmation at St. Chad's in 1906 from FindMyPast? She then married in a CofE church.
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    ? Didn't think you were completely certain where she or her parents were from.
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