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Hi Mike, The Monument Road JAMES family appear to be quite separate. My George retired to Baker Street, Yardley in 1881, and he died there in April 1886. He is buried at Key Hill. Many thanks. Jane

Thank you so much Mike and Linda, for your help. I knew some of the date info about the shop moves, Mike. My 2xGreat Grandfather was George JAMES, and he had a hairdressers (& sometimes perfumers) at 4, Congreve Street from at least May 1840. then moved to 37, Congreve St sometime between the...

One of my mother's Birmingham family lines was JAMES. They arrived in Birmingham from Worcester in about 1835. My Great Grandfather's younger brother Frank JAMES took over his father's Hairdressing shop in Congreve Street in about 1880. Later he reverted to his original profession of...

We only come up from the West Country occasionally to do research in Bhm Library, so I am always desperate to get the best out of our time there! The last time I went, I could find no Marriage Banns records for Aston Juxta. My 4xGreat Grandparents Valentine SMITH and Susannah ISBOURN married...

Thank you again for all the new suggestions. It is brilliant of everybody to spend so much time on this. The swag on Colin's Scottish Cap Badge is a very close match I think, but the stag's head shape is not quite right, because it is too slender and open. James' badge centre is more solid and...

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. And thank you Lloyd, for trying to enhance the image. I am sorry about the size/resolution. Unfortunately, I am not able to increase the size etc as I found the photo on the Web. I have tried to blow it up further, but don't have the software to enhance...

One of my MOLESWORTH ancestors from Birmingham married in Stratford-on-Avon in the 1830s, and several of her children then moved on to the Pontypridd area where they became Coal Miners, or married them. One of the girls, Edith Ann, married a man called James ROSS in Pontypridd in February 1915...

My 5xGreat Grandfather, Oliver MOLESWORTH was born in Coughton, Warwickshire prob in early 1722, but I have found lots of info about him in Birmingham in his later years; he married 3 times, including once in St Philips and once in Aston Juxta. Most of his children were Christened at the New...

Thank you Wendy, that is brilliant. In that case, possibly the parents also ended up being buried there. It is now worth me checking the records at the Library. Thanks again, Jane

Hi there, Please can anyone tell me when the last burials took place at St Paul's Church? I have family burials there through into the 1830s. But if two children of a family died in the early 1840s (whose siblings were already buried there) were they likely to be buried at St Paul's, or had...

Have just seen the message from Aidan. I will endeavour to get the pics scanned on in the next few days, and post them on the site. Jane

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE FINAL ANSWER TO ALL OF MY ORIGINAL QUESTION! FOR ANYONE ELSE LOOKING FOR THE ANSWER, HERE IT IS..... I have been given some great help on my original question, and some of the answer...

FINAL ANSWER........ I thought I would leave a brief note about the Glover's Trust for anyone else who comes across this Posting because they are researching family members who were housed by them. The Trust still exists although their home is now in Sutton Coldfield. There is very little...

I have been researching the quite tragic story of one of my maternal relatives, a young Aston-born lad called Elvino CLOWES (descended from the old Warwickshire MOLESWORTH family). Elvino's parents moved themselves & their large family down to London in the late 1890s and promptly died. Elvino...

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House :smile2:Hi Peter, Thank you so much for going to so much trouble. It never fails to delight me when I see the time and trouble my fellow Brummies are prepared to take! I am really grateful for this, as I...

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House :smile2:Hi Shortie, That is such a generous offer, thank you so much. Unfortunately, because I am a full-time carer for my (Brummie!) Mum down here, I can only get up to the Library etc in Brum occasionally...

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House Hi Shortie, thanks for your reply. The info re the Catacombs is fascinating. Yes, I realised that grave occupants were recorded at burial (and have found many relatives buried in St Thomas originally) but what...

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House Hi Peter, thank you very much for this. The Witton Cemetery suggestion looks a logical destination. Yes, I have seen the Memorial book about the Old Meeting House, its a wonderful source of info isn't it, and...

Re: Where did all the bodies go......? St Thomas, Bath Row and the Old Meeting House Thank you Wendy, that is really useful. I did have a hunch that St Thomas graves went to Warstone Lane. Very best wishes Jane

I would be so grateful if anyone can help with a hugely frustrating question, to which I know I have seen the answer....but was it in a book, on line, in my Friends of Key Hill Cemetery literature or where? When the Old Meeting House & its Graveyard were sold to the Railway at the end of the...