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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Marriages or Banns prior to 1837 didn't require a father's name and they've never required the mother's. Sometimes non-conformist...
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    MWS replied to the thread Shaw Hill School.
    Do you mean class pictures or picture of the school? If you google picture search 'Shaw Hill School old pictures' then there are a...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Marsh Lane Erdington shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    If his parents were George and Eleanor then it was 38 Marsh Lane and Dodds was at 32. 1947-48 eroll These are the shops today. 32 on...
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread ChrisM RIP with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I attended the celebration of Chris's life this morning, which was excellent and revealed many aspects I was not aware of. The Order of...
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    MWS reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We now move to the roundabout at the top of Cape Hill, looking like a vehicle enthusiasts dream it is chaos cars, vans and buses...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Warstone Cemetery look up - Phoebe and Matilda Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Log into GRO. On rhs click on "search GRO online index click on "death" and select the year. enter details Then hit "search". You...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Warstone Cemetery look up - Phoebe and Matilda Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    yes please let us know as we like to hear how our members research is doing.. lyn
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think this is the marriage She seems to sometimes be listed as Ann not Mary and Inman not Hinman (down to pronunciation and how the...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    here is the cert for matilda and thomas lyn
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    It is also possible that Thomas may have been married before. I can't see the marriage scan to Matilda to see what he was listed as.
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Thomas (father) appears to have also been born in Leicestershire (Woodhouse Eaves) and was a joiner. Mother possible Mary Ann Hinman or...
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    The marriage is on Ancestry. Matilda's father is Edward, Thomas' father was Thomas.
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    MWS reacted to edcartermo's post in the thread Warstone Cemetery look up - Phoebe and Matilda Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you, I’ll get on it later and let you know what I find!
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Warstone Cemetery look up - Phoebe and Matilda Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just checked and the death info for 1888 William Oldham is available as a digital image.
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    MWS reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    and a final closer look at the site and we can see in this picture that there is work to both sides of the road and they are loading and...
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