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    MWS replied to the thread Clifton Road Aston.
    The house on Upper Sutton St, think it has to be no. 86, appears to be a shop of some kind. Not sure if those are a couple of bananas...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1887 map of Main Street. Comparing to a much later map which shows houses up to 72 (rest have gone) it looks as if back of 74 was what...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Great, thank you, Janice. My brother quoted it as "Back 74, Main Street, Aston (actually Sparkbrook)". By the date of the tragedy, 20th...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Clifton Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Clifton Road, Aston, c/o Upper Sutton Street, Birmingham.1969. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1901 census has Elsie at 10 ct 5 Great Colmore Street and there is a boarder - George Snook. (the word on the right says - worker)
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1911 with Rebecca plus address
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1911 in Knowle
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks, MWS. I wonder if there was something a bit odd about Elsie's informal adoption and/or if the mother, Rebecca Tovey (née Brown...
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Elsie is also listed with George & Elizabeth Snook on the 1911 census. The transcript at least has her name incorrectly as Elise. Listed...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This thread has evolved (for me, fascinatingly) from a discussion on two sisters, born in the Black Country in the 1870s. Mary and...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I DID say my mother's early life was a bit complicated!! She was indeed Elsie Tovey - later calling herself Freda Elsie Tovey...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    George Snook married Mary Ann Tovey in 1862. He married Eizabeth in 1877
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Elsie Tovey, Chris' mom. You posted her marriage certificate on post #103. Also listed as Freda Elsie. Her grandmother was Elizabeth...
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Pretty sure I've got the correct person. As we know they are just a snapshot but Elsie is listed on both the 1901 and 1911 census with...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Location High Park Smethwick with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Can't find an earlier map at the moment but 1888 map - the green line is soho Street which I assume became Soho Way There is a terrace...
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