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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Terence David O'Neill born 1 Nov 1942. Obit. is in the Bham Mail 27 Feb 1995. Irish births are online up to 1925 and marriages to 1950...
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    MWS reacted to stuart67's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you MWS. that gap and my grandparents lives is what interests me. The turbulence of the times they endured.
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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    So it seems you have to bridge the gap between your dad's birth and his dad's. Do you have access to your dad's marriage certificate or...
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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Tracing Irish ancestors can be a little tricky, there are a far fewer records available than there are for England/Wales. The problem...
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Zig Zag Bridge Packhorse Bridge Aldridge Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A few more views.
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    MWS replied to the thread Downes.
    There was a mention in the Bham Daily Gazette 10 Apr 1926. Inquest recorded a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."
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    MWS reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Napoleonic prisoner of war with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Besides soldiers or sailors, merchant seamen and civilians were detained as prisoners of war. Officers and 'gentleman travellers' on...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Napoleonic prisoner of war with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The trees I found on Ancestry seem to have him born in Somerset and there is a record of a William Stagg in a Somersetshire regiment...
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    MWS replied to the thread Napoleonic prisoner of war.
    Stagg doesn't seem to be a Birmingham name, mostly West Country around that time as far as I can see. When you talk about why he joined...
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    MWS reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Napoleonic prisoner of war with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The French Revolutionary Wars lasted from 1792 until 1802. There's a short peace, then the Napoleonic Wars...
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    MWS replied to the thread Birmingham Improvement Scheme, 1875..
    I suppose Mr Fletcher wasn't much of a fan of progress and probably didn't appreciate the modern new buildings that were built on his land.
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Birmingham Improvement Scheme, 1875. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1881 compulsory purchase.
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    MWS reacted to calibra250's post in the thread Catania war memorial with Appreciate Appreciate.
    At long last I visited my uncles grave private Leslie jones RMC at Catania cemetery scicily last year I was given his name leslie as my...
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    MWS reacted to davedgibson's post in the thread Eric Gibson - Forum Member with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you all for your kind words. I want to share just a couple of photos of Eric; one of him winning the pools, which I believe he’s...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Eric Gibson - Forum Member with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi dave so very sorry to hear that eric has passed away...he was one of our longest serving members joining us in 2003..we had quite a...
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