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OK, many thanks! And Happy New Year!

Not conclusive then, but helpful nonetheless! Thanks again! Paul

Thanks Pomgolian!

Hi Shera May I ask you to do another St Martin's lookup please? I'd like to try to discover whether the Hannah Hawker who married Hugh Barnett on 31 Aug 1825 at St Martin's is the Hannah who was the daughter of James and Ann Hawker. If so, she'd only have been 17. Could you please let me...

Hi Pomgolian I think I have them too but I'd be interested to know what you have found! Would it be feasible for you to post the info here please? If not, we can do it in a PM I guess. Thanks!

Aha! Thanks again! I wasn't aware of Charles and Frances, nor John and Sarah, nor Joseph and Sarah. I think there were a William and Mary who were contemporaries of James and Ann, and I'm guessing (dangerous!) that William and James might have been brothers. Not the 1798 William though 'cos it...

You're a star! Yes, this additional information would be much appreciated.

I'd be grateful if anyone with access to parish records for any Aston or Brum church could kindly let me have details of baptisms of Hawkers (surname, not occupation!) between 1800 and 1840, including parents' names please. NO NEED for baptisms at St Martin's as these have already been kindly...

Yes indeed! That is the census entry that I have based many of my assumptions on. There has been some confusion as the surname looks more like Hawkes than Hawker, but the Lawley Street connection (in the death certs etc) make it appear very likely that these are the right people. Thanks again!

Once again, many thanks Shera! This is very helpful! I have the death cert for Ann Hawker in 1843 and it confirms that she was the wife of James. It also seems from remarks on the internet that "Belmont Village" is probably the junction of Belmont Row and Lawley Street. What I, and a number...

That's brilliant, Shera! Many thanks!

Any information (e.g. witnesses) about the marriage of James Hawker to Ann Preece in 1807 (11 May?) would be much appreciated. Also any Hawker baptisms following that marriage. Thanks in advance! Paul

Stephen - a further thought... On the marriage certificate of William Gumbley to Charlotte Morris, is there any indication of whether his father (Edwin) was deceased, or what his occupation was? Also, are there any clues in the names of the witnesses? Any Coomb(e)s for instance?!

Thanks Stephen! The Gumbley name does seem to be a target for mis-spelling transcribers! The 1901 census transcription on Findmypast for Edwin G Gumbley and family in William Street, Birmingham has several errors, the worst being the surname appearing as GAMBLEY. The writing on the census page...

Sorry for this late reaction... Be careful of the marriage between "William Gumbley" and Charlotte Morris! If you check it in FreeBMD (looking for a marriage of Charlotte in 1860), you will see that her husband is a William GRIMBLEY! This is also very evident in the scan of the index. There are...