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    Burbury Street

    Thanks! X
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    Burbury St, Lozells (1940-1960)

    Hi all, my great grandma and grandad used to live at 235 burbury street for a long period of time. I'm under the impression they had a shop there. Fanny, my great grandma is listed as a grocer/shop keeper on her census and my great grandad Henry blewer was a welder turned shop keeper. Id love...
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    Burbury Street

    Hi Ray, I've just seen this. My great grand-mother Fanny used to live at 235 burbury street with her partner henry blewer, I'm under the impression they had a shop there! This was from around 1938-1963. Fanny is listed as a grocer on the census records and Henry a shop keeper on the later...
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    That would be William John Stanley Dalton, My grandfather :) I'm hoping this timeline below makes sense! It's unbelievable how confusing this has been, albeit a lot of fun. September 1889: William is born illegitimate to Minnie Dalton and takes her maiden name. Minnie subsequently lives with...
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Thank you for this! I'm planning on visiting at the weekend to go look for their graves, it's wonderful to know they're together
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    I absolutely will! Birth cert for Fanny uploaded below! :)
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    That's her! Buried in Witton Cemetery
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Great thinking! I just had a look also - Nothing for Fanny Blewer though....
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Thank you all again for your helpful input and interest!
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Me neither! Nothing on BMG, Ancestry, findmypast etc. So possibly just used the Blewer name on paperwork?
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Thats an excellent find, the closest I've been able to get an actual birth date for her as all the census records I looked at were stating "est. 1892/1893/1894" depending on when the census was taken in the early 1900s
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    The plot thickens.... Theres a death registered for both a Fanny Dalton AND Fanny Blewer... for 1964. On our ancestry family tree she's listed Fanny Roberts B:1894 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England D:Mar 1964 Birmingham Warwickshire England
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    The Key Hill Jewel Heist (1919): Looking for William J Dalton (Aliases: Jackson / Handley / Hadley)

    Another great spot - Just spoke to my mother and she said Fanny died as Dalton, she seems certain they never married. I'm currently looking for a 1959 marriage certificate as we speak though. She also mentioned divorce was a huge social no no. So everyone tended to lie, and it was also very...
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