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    James and Elspeth Macdonald 1871 census and 1873 death Vyse Street and Spencer Street

    Thank you that is very helpful.
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    James and Elspeth Macdonald 1871 census and 1873 death Vyse Street and Spencer Street

    Thanks Lyn. It all adds colour to family research. I know at some point he started to sell/manufacture false teeth. I guess that would be something made by jewellers in those days.
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    James and Elspeth Macdonald 1871 census and 1873 death Vyse Street and Spencer Street

    Yes that is the memorial for her father and mother and some other family members. While she is named on that stone I am sure she is not buried there after finding the record for Key Hill Section O plot 255 for November days after she died . I don't suppose anyone was too keen to move bodies of...
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    James and Elspeth Macdonald 1871 census and 1873 death Vyse Street and Spencer Street

    Many thanks to all of those that run this lovely history site. It is a gem that preserves the amazing history of Birmingham and the people who lived there. I am trying to find out anything I can about my ancestors who lived at 121 Vyse St and 42 Spencer St in the early 1870s. Elspeth died of TB...
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