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Yes, Yes... you are correct. Jennens Row is what I meant. I think your potential explanation makes sense and certainly worthy of consideration. Given that other information meshes so closely, and residences are so very close, it actually seems a very likely explanation. Quite honestly that's...
Still trying to do due diligence on the Jennings Row vs Jennings Street issue.... I ran across a photo on Flickr that was labled Jennings Row, City Center.... Does anyone recognize this location in the photo? Is this actually at a location named Jennings Row?
Many sincere thanks to all you that...
Thank you Lyn!
I thought that had to be a typo as I could not find any history of a Jennings Row. Now I need to find Jennings Street.
There was a mention of a Jennings Street being renamed to Fox Street but that looks like it is right next to Jennings Row so that Jennings Street would not be...
Yes, it was not a birth certificate, but a record. My ancestor's name is Thomas Millard, born of Thomas Millard and Sarah. Also appearing with a variant of that name, Millward in coordinating records. Father was a snuffer maker.
I am trying to find the location of (or ANY information on) Bishops Street as it existed in 1814 Birmingham. I have an ancestor's birth certificate from Oct 1814 stating residence was Bishops Street.
My 1839 map only shows an empty space between other streets in the location where Bishops...
Do you know where I can access this 1795 map in full, or ideally, a map dating to around 1814?
(I have a birth record stating a residence of "Bishops Street".
I do not see a Bishops street on my 1839 map; and suspect the Bishops street that appears on later maps is not a location matching...