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I attend a spiritualist church in Birmingham, it has recently been donated a large framed picture from the Aston National Spiritualist Church, it was based on Six Ways in Aston and has lots of small pictures of what I would Sumer to be the congregation? I had never heard of it before, the style...

My great grandfather John Robinson died there of TB in 1938

According to her baptism certificate she was born on the 25th October 1893, parents listed were Gulielmi (William) Lee and Mariae Annae (Mary Ann) McCann X

Hi Wally, have read this post with interest. My great grandmother was Winifred Lee, born in Birmingham in 1893. There’s no official record of her birth apart from a catholic baptism for St Chads Cathedral in November 1893. I hope to find an official record soon hopefully

Florence Clifford was my great grandfathers neice (1st cousin 3 times removed) truly shocked at finding this out today

Hiya, just wondered if you remember a lad called Robert Morris?

My great grandfather suffered from epilepsy, it’s well known in the family that he had a fit and they thought he was dead, he woke up in the Summer Row morgue his name was John Robinson

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows of boys at Forhill between December 1960 and December 1963 please x

It’s possible Frank Robinson was related to my grandmother, she was at 45 Hospital Street in 1939, her name was Florence Robinson x

Have you tried the Birmingham burial records website? If your uncle was laid to rest in a Birmingham Cemetery then it will show on there.

George Coffman was my uncle, he died in 1953 at age 9, does anyone remember him please x

Thank you Lady Penelope, most appreciated x

Barbara was Catherine’s daughter, she was born out of wedlock so she was raised by her grandparents. Do you have an image of the electoral roll information for 1950 and 1955, I am searching on Find My Past and cant seem to find her

That is interesting, George and Kate were her parents yes, I have found her on the 1939 census at the mental institution in Coleshill. I didn’t realise that she moved back home and was resident there in 1950. The story was told that my great grandparents (George and Kate) disowned Catherine...

Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone remembers a Catherine Coffman? She was homeless in Birmingham city centre after being let out of Coleshill Hall (mental institution) she’s a distant relative of mine and I would like to find out what happened to her. She was born in 1916, would really like...