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Margaret was the daughter of Charles Henry Biddle and Lizzie Brigden. Lizzie was previously married to a George Samuel Stokes. Margaret had 2 brothers and 2 half brothers. Margaret's ancestors appear to be mostly local (West Midlands).

If Reginald was born in 1907 then it's possible he married an Irene M Mellichap in 1927. On the 1939 Register they are both listed as married but living at different addresses. There are births registered for 4 Ravenscroft/Mellichap children.

Sorry, it wasn't your father's mother that married twice, it was your father's grandmother (Leah's mother) that married twice. Leah's father was a William Evans and her step father was George Henry Taylor. When she married she was listed (correctly) as Leah Evans but when her son was born his...

The photo of the possible bomb damage appears to be a wider (better) shot of the one I posted on the other thread. Though not required for the 1911 census my great grandad fortunately listed employer as well as occupation, and my grand aunt is listed as working at Holbrook's, as a Case Maker I...

Here's a picture, not sure the year...

A bit of a discrepancy between the mmn listed on Albert jnr's birth reg. (Taylor) to his mother's (Leah) surname listed on her marriage reg. to Albert snr (Evans). Explained by Leah's mother (Ellen) marrying twice, first to a William Evans (Leah's father) and then to a George Henry Taylor...

I'm sure I've mentioned it before but my 3 x g grandad's brother emigrated to Australia (2 children died on the voyage), then to California and then back to Australia (without his wife and most of his children). Luckily there was even a bit of a report about the first voyage.

She wasn't the oldest either, the difference between the eldest and youngest is 56 years. My nan was my grandad's much younger second wife.

Some info here, not sure if they'll be of any help... https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/dentistry-past-and-present-in-brum.44505/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9735115/...

Two of my much older cousins married each other and emigrated to Victoria, Australia in the 1960s with 3 of their siblings. I don't how much contact they had with their siblings who remained. She returned at least once, in the late 1980s I'd guess, and I have a photo of her at my aunt's house...

Look at maps before your house was built? If it's in Bham suburbs then possibly farm land.

Is it the 1980s? Looks like an advert for the iPhone 4 next door.

I wonder how much, if any, contact there was between those who went and those stayed afterwards. I suppose in some cases they never saw or heard from each other again. I was surprised to find out that my g g grandmother went to America a couple of times with her third husband to visit his...

A bit of an old thread. Virtually all of us must have relatives, both close and distant, who have emigrated from Birmingham to far off places - historically Australia, US and Canada probably being the most obvious destinations. Though not particularly early, the earliest I have is the 1830s and...

The information I've found on the 1921 census has been interesting but I miss the days when something you uncovered was truly exciting - new names, new places, new family. And doing other people's trees is also interesting but it's not the same.