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One interesting possibility I've come across while looking at Edward's children is that one of his sons, Alfred, may have ended up living in Kenilworth (1911). If it is him he was listed as a billiard scorer at the Grand Hotel (1871), then a barman (1881) and finally a PH manager (1891 & 1901)...

Usually the only place to see occupations pre 1837 are baptisms, marriages and burials, and then only for a few years and also not always. With no more known children you'll probably never know for certain. All you can was that he was a labourer in 1835 & 1841 and a lock keeper in 1845. Some...

Seems to be the family. Just came across this (under branch d)... https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pillagoda/genealogy/ch16-02.htm#:~:text=1974)%20%3D%20Betty%20O'Shea.,of%20Winter%20Cottage%2C%20Dykehead%2C%20lived

I found a family living on Feakestone Road, Hardwick in 1939. Parents James and Onaero (listed as Arnold) and 3 sons - James J, William Donald Isla and David Ogilvy B. The B could be Bruce and James I think is the English form of Hamish. If so then David died in 1990 in Devon and William in...

On the 1891 census Melboune Place is listed between Sydney Place and a Brass Works and the a Soda Water Works. So I think it is listed as court no. 2 on this 1889 map. It also gas 12 houses which matches the map...

Esther was born in 1839, as she was under 21 she was probably lying about her age.

William's parents are listed in Hatton on the censuses. I wonder if at some stage William lived there as well and perhaps was a lock keeper there, explaining his occ. in 1841.

I would think that the Edward and Harriet was William's brother and sister in law. Esther was living in Hatton in 1851 as was Edward and Harriet.

Can't see it marked on the maps as such. It might be a case of seeing what numbers it is listed between and then trying to work it out.

Birmingham not Aston. Sep 1848. Age on reg, is listed as 32.

Appears to marry Ann Cooke in 1856.

Thanks. Can rule that one out then. And he appears to be alive in 1861, a railway porter living in Camp Hill with wife and children.

Just seen a baptism for an Edward Smith, son of William and Sarah, Jun 1835 Kenilworth. Possible death reg. Bham 1846.

That sounds more likely than the one I found, William had a brother called Edward. It seems probable that that is the Sarah in the burial but doesn't make it certainly your Sarah.

No, it's a William, Sarah and 2 children - Thomas and William. Sarah's age is quite a bit out but 1841 census has a lot of inaccuracies. However, there's no way to know if it's the right family.