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    Please can anyone help with tidying this photo please.

    That's good - glad to help.
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    Please can anyone help with tidying this photo please.

    Hi Wendy I have never found a birth registered which has always made me wonder. Could this be his birth registration? Thomas Arnold Hook JFM 1907 Aston Ref 6d 372 Suzanne
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    Fleet Street

    Hi Mike Thanks so much for the additional map. Suzanne
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    Fleet Street

    Hi Lyn Yes I think she just put Fleet St so she could marry at St. Phillip's. I was just interested to see where the coffin factory would have been later on in relation to No 3. I suppose I can just count up approximately, but then I don't know how the numbering would have worked. I worked...
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    Fleet Street

    Hi All Many, Many thanks for your replies and Mike thanks so much for the maps. I wonder if you could pinpoint where 13 -15 would be please? Lyn, in April of 1891 she was listed at 3 Cofton Place, Abbey Street but by the time she married 18 October 1891 she gave 3 Fleet Street. She was...
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    Fleet Street

    Hi My Gt Grandmother gave 3 Fleet Street as her address when she married. Is it possible that someone has a street map showing the houses please ? Apologies if there is already a thread for Fleet Street but I searched and couldn't find one. Forgot to say - it was 1891 when she married. Many...
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    lathams of birmingham

    Hi These are the baptisms at St Phillips for Lathams with parents Charles & Sarah John - Born 3 Nov 1810 Bap 15 Apr 1811 - no address or occupation for father William - Born 21 Aug 1813 Bap 11 Apr 1814 - Potter Street, Cordwainer Charles Samuel - Born 11 Dec 1817 Bap 29 Dec 1817 - Potter...
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    Woodbine Academy in Aston Birmingham

    1873 White's directory of Birmingham - John Charles Guest, day and boarding school, Woodbine House, High Street, Erdington. 1884 Kelly's - John Charles Guest, boarding & day schools, High Street, Erdington. Also, Jane Guest (Mrs) ladies' school, High Street, Erdington. Suzanne
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    Woodbine Academy in Aston Birmingham

    Hi Ray Not sure if this is the same place but there is mention of a Woodbine Academy, Erdington in The Birmingham Journal 21 May 1859 "Parents and Guardians seeking a BOY'S SCHOOL, combining the advantage of moderate terms with respectability, and the enjoyment of every comfort, should apply...
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    Nickless Handsworth West Bromwich.

    Hi Well Lilian M Nickless is still living with her parents in 1965 but they are now at 66 Pakefield Road. Suzanne
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    Nickless Handsworth West Bromwich.

    28 Haseley Road - 1925 - 1965 1925 - Joseph James & Beatrice Evelyn Nickless & Horace William Turner 1927 - Joseph James & Beatrice Evelyn Nickless & Thomas Riley 1930 - Joseph James & Beatrice Evelyn Nickless 1935 - Joseph James & Beatrice Evelyn Glencora Nickless - 1939 - Joseph James...
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    Young William (1860 - 1916)

    Hi Paul The 1911 census for 104 Whitehall Road states they have been married 17 years ? whereas 1883 should record about 28 years ? Also they say 6 children have been born alive to the marriage and I count 10 that you have mentioned. Not wanting to put a spanner in the works but are you sure...
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    WORT John , Born 1840, Brmingham

    Tony There is a burial record for John Wort in 1865 at Witton Cemetery, Register Number 10409. No age or birth year is given though. Perhaps the Cemetery Register may have further details regarding his age? Suzanne
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    WORT John , Born 1840, Brmingham

    Tony, I think he was transported as ancestry has a criminal record. He was given 5 years for larceny and the Birmingham Gazette 8th March 1858 mentions it was his sixth conviction for felony. He stole the till from his employer containing 21s. Suzanne
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    My dad

    Lyn So sorry to hear of your loss. Take care. Suzanne x
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    Charles Short

    Well done ladylinda!!! Excellent find. Just goes to show how family history can be retold with bits added and omitted:) Suzanne
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    Charles Short

    Brummiebell Don't know if this helps a little, but as well as in 1918 at 8 court 3 Howe Street he is also listed in 1919 16318 Private 8 D.C.L.I. Suzanne
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    HODGETTS FAMILY

    Hi Philip Albert Edmund Hodgetts lived at 52 Musgrave Road up till 1960. 1912 - Mary Hodgetts 1920 - Albert Edmund and Mary Hodgetts, and William Caldicutt 1922 - Mary & Albert Edmund Hodgetts 1925 - Mary, Albert Edmund and Alfred Hodgetts 1927 - Albert Edmund Hodgetts 1930 - Albert Edmund &...
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    steward family Help to fiind them

    That's ok STEWARD :) Suzanne
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    steward family Help to fiind them

    STEWARD 1901 census 78 Milton Road Tower Hamlets Edward S Steward aged 26 occupation Railway Carter born 1875 Mile End London Margaret Steward aged 24 wife born 1877 Bermondsey London Rose M Steward aged 1 daughter born 1900 Stratford London Suzanne
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