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Can anyone help me? I am looking for the house number for Gilbertsone (name of house), Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield. I am trying to find if this house is still standing. It was the home of an Austin Gyde according to the 1911 Census. We know that Austin Gyde moved into Conygar...

I am trying to trace the history of the above - my wife's grandfather. I have kindly received the info below from Mike on the Birmingham History forum but know no more - is the 17th battalion part of Scottish Rifles or the Royal Scots? When did he join, what action, if any, did they see? Are...

Re: Burial Plot Information - May Brooks may be listed as Mary Brookes, Key Hill Oct Hi Brian, Many thanks for educating me - have been exchanging info with an old mate of mine that used to work at the Birmingham Mint - when it was all in one piece !! Very interesting to learn about this...

Ok Mike - thanks for all your help - much obliged !

Mike, Many thanks for the info - wasn't aware of the midlands historical data site - will bear it in mind for future enquiries. Cannot understand why Albert Samuel Brooks would be a private in the 17th Battalion Scottish Rifles - he was apparently Aston born and bred - why not the...

Re: Burial Plot Information - May Brooks may be listed as Mary Brookes, Key Hill Oct Brian, Many thanks for the pic - very interesting. Was unaware that catacombs existed in Key Hill Cemetery. Been past it on visits over the years to the Jewellery Quarter. May Brook's son was my father in...

Many thanks for that. I was aware that the status of these workhouses was changing around this time. My father in law was bought up in Father Hudson's Homes and we have documentation from both them and the Oratory in Edgbaston to show he was born in the workhouse so although their status was...

Re: Burial Plot Information - May Brooks may be listed as Mary Brookes, Key Hill Oct Hi Wendy, Many thanks to you and Key Hill Brian for the information - I am going to visit Key Hill with the wife and see if we can identify the catacomb in question. Hopefully we can find the right one and...

Re: Burial Plot Information - May Brooks may be listed as Mary Brookes, Key Hill Oct Hi Brian, Many thanks for the info bud. I must get her indoors to accompany me to Key Hill and have a look - will there be any inscriptions on the catacomb to ensure we've got the right one?

Hi SMTR, Many thanks for that information. I am hopeful that you have found her. She spent her last days in and out of the workhouse in Western Road (Dudley Rd) Workhouse but lived at 4 Blythe Street Ladywood when not at the Workhouse. Have started a new thread in the Cemetries section and...

I have been told that Ma(r)y Brook(e)s who died at the Raddlebarn Road Infirmary/Workhouse was buried in Key Hill Cemetry in October 1926. Could anyone help me locate the final resting place of my wife's grandmother. Any help or additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Dipseydiva, Think you're right - it will depend on family circumstances on where burial takes place. Just trying to find if the workhouse records would show if the body was passed to the family or buried locally. The married lady in question had two illegitimate children (by another man)...

Hi Mike, That's great - many thanks. Yet another piece solved to a very big jigsaw - have got some info now and can fill in the blanks by going thru some of these addresses in the intervening years at Brum Central Library.

Many thanks for that Mikejee much obliged. Can you tell me the christian names of Mr Brooks at 41 Arden Road in 1950 ? He is the informant on his father's death certificate (Albert Samuel John Brookes) in Sept 1949. He has signed it with initials that look like A A W or A O W - terrible...

Hi Mikejee, Many thanks for the info - you're right about women note having the vote - wasn't it David Lloyd George who gave them the vote at the end of WW1? Have looked at Wilton Street using Google Maps but it has obviously been redeveloped with little if any of the original buildings left in...

I am investigating the death of my wife's grandmother May Brookes who died in the Workhouse/Infirmary at 1a Raddle Barn Road, Selly Oak. She had a history of being in the Western Road Workhouse for periods in her later life but ended in Selly Oak - dying of TB at the age of 44. My question is...

I am searching for an uncle of mine Thomas John Brooks who was believed born in Dec 1920 at the Western Road Workhouse. He was subsequently bought up in Father Hudson's Home Coleshill. From records received from the home it appears he was born out of wedlock and there is some doubt that the...

Can anyone help me track a long lost uncle - name Brookes lived at 41 Arden Road, Birmingham 6 in Sept 1949. What was his full name and the other residents at this address and how long did they live there? His name is listed as the son on my wife's grandfather's death certificate - Albert...

My father in law's half sister Isabel Louisa May Brooks was born in 5 Andover Place, Cowper Street UD on 23rd August 1909. The mother May Brooks lived at 64 Wilton Street, Aston. Were these two streets close to one another? - don't have a map of this area. I don't understand why she was born...