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Good evening sheri from a windy night just outside Sydney Australia. My aunt Rose Baldwin, nee Marklew, was by trade/profession a french polisher. The family lived in Bordesley, Birmingham and for most of her life Rose worked either in the city or close to it in her chosen profession. I think...

Thanks for the suggestion Tom. In our family people would, apparently, send for Aunt Em - short for Emily - who acted as the untrained midwife for dozens of births in the family as well as for others in the neighbourhood. My own grandmother, Julia, had a different calling. If someone, family or...

Thanks mikejee, It seems a bit odd that you would name a street "Hospital Street" and yet not have a hospital in it somewhere but I guess that's what must have been the case in 1875. Some of the children were born at places whoese address includes Court X, House Y and I'm sure that these must...

Good evening Shera from a dark windy night in Australia. I can find William the younger as a son to William the father and Jane Marklew as a three year old in the 1881 census, the only record I can find after that is for this boy of the same name in the Workhouse infirmary and who died there...

My great grandfather and mother had six children but I have noted from all of the birth certificates that every child was born at a different address, this was over a period from 1875 to 1893. I had assumed that these were different home addresses since this family, for one reason or another...

I have a death certificate for a 14 year old boy who died of typhoid fever in the Aston Union Workhouse in April 1891. The certificate is signed by a William Hogg(?) - Master of Aston Union Workhouse, Erdington. The boy's name was William Marklew and it is possible that he was an ancestor of...

Hi folks, Just a quick reminder to inform you that in response to my post number 12 on this thread I have still not received my cheque. Snowball, patiently waiting in Oz.

Re: Who were William Baldwins parents. Hi there Zen, Firstly let me apologise for the delay in replying to your post, thank you very much for your contribution. I thnik you are spot on with the information about the second marriage for Emily, That might have had some bearing on why many of my...

I have seem frequent references to Electoral Rolls on this web site and it seems clear that some people have access to the rolls, probably via purchased copies. Can someone give me the clues as to where you can get them and how much do they cost ? I would also be interested in any information...

A partial resolution ? When I first started to make notes about my ancestry I was only a teenager and lived in Birmingham with my parents and grandmother. Those old notes from almost half a century ago clearly say that Mary lived in Glover Street. This now gets somewhat confusing because I've...

Hi John, Thanks for the answer. Some things are more difficult to follow up on when you are 12,000 miles away. I appreciate you time. Regards, Chainsaw.

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far, I really appreciate your assistance. In studying the certificate again I have made one error in my previous posts, Glover Road should read Glover Street. Here is all of the info from the GRO supplied death certificate. Some of the spaces for...

Good evening from rural NSW Australia. I have a Death Certificate that says the "Where and when died" was 31st May 1932 at what looks like 1. B. and then Raddle Barn Road, Selly Oak. I suspect this might hva e been a hospital of some sorts since the cause of death was complications after aflling...

Thanks for the suggestion Pomgolian but it doesn't quite fit with the circumstances. Mary was the first child born to my great grandfather and great grandmother. They had three other children after Mary all with the surname Frankcom. Mary's 1869 birth certificate is in the name of Frankcom. In...

I recently requested a Death Certificate from the GRO for one of my relatives who died in 1932. Her name was Marry Murray (nee Frankcom). I have now received the certificate but I'm at a loss to understand why there are two names on it. Under the heading "Name and surname" on the certificate it...

In the 1891 Census the last child born to my great grandparents Charles and Mary Ann Frankcom (or Frankum in the census) was a daughter called Lucy. Lucy was only 11 months old at the time of the census and her date of birth is listed as "abt 1890". None of the family folklore or paperwork that...

Re: Looking for leslie frankcom Thank you Ray and Lloyd. Any advice on how I can access those records Ray ?, I presume these are kept at the Birmingham City Library Archives, are the archives on line at all ? Regards, Snowball (in Australia)

Leslie Frankcom was my uncle. Born February 1909 in Tilton Road, Aston. At a very early age, he was said to be a "toddler" he was playing with other local children giving each other rides in a wheelbarrow. Leslie fell out of the barrow and suffered some sort of head injury. According to family...

Hi there Claire, Do you have any information on when they might have left the UK ? Snowball

I have been quietly sitting here in Australia waiting for the opportunity to present itself so that I can stake my claim to this mansion and county estate. On the basis that the Bradnock family feature in a very significant manner in my ancestral past I hereby claim all the land, mansions...