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Hello everyone. I am looking at a baptism record on ancestry. It shows a baby named Arthur Cardall who was baptised in Birmingham, St David in April 1915. The family were living at No.103 Cox Street West and his father was employed as a chimney sweep.
I am unsure if the record is saying that he...
Yes, i believe she was there with her employers Arthur and Alice Peake on the day the census was recording, though it's my belief she was not living there :) thanks again
Hi Lyn.
Well I was researching her daughter Rachel who was employed by Arthur Peake in 1901 on Braithwaite Road, Birmingham and I assumed it was likely, Rachel being unmarried still lived with her mom and siblings on Kyrwicks Lane.
I also did not know her death date (as I haven't researched...
Hi Lyn, thanks so much. The ancestor was Sarah Ann Robinson (nee Nicholls) and her year of birth was 1852, the record was the 1901 Census Aston, Deritend, District 047
Good morning everyone.
I am researching an ancestor who had been living with her parents on Benacre Street (or Road) in 1881 and likely Braithwaithe Road in 1901, she was working as a domestic assistant at the address in the above photo but I cannot work out the address, any help would be much...