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Any help would be great on this person. Known facts are Phillip Edward Davies, born 20 March 1867, lived at 86 Heath Street, Winson Green (when I don't know), father was Moses Davies born 1842, mother Eunice Davies born 1844 Lye. He was married at Winson Green Congregational Church/Chapel. I...

Any help on this would be grateful. all I have is this: William Andrews born 16 March 1834, died 2 July 1903, interred at Ryde Cemetry. I would like to know if possible who this person was married to and what date. Thankyou in advance :)

If any0ne could help I would be extremey grateful. The details I have are Mary Ann Cook died 27 May 1902 aged 72, Cook is possibly her married name, so I am looking for help on who she married and what her maiden name was. Thankyou in advance :)

Any information on this person would be extremely helpful. All I have is Frank Bint, died 6 Jan 1919 aged 37. If at all possible I would like to know birth details and marriage details. Thankyou in advance :)

elle-jay I got some of my Water Orton books from Coleshill Library, so check there first. Gascoignes funeral directors are ok for the local books, also Carters electrical shop used to sell local things, pictures etc, they are just by Tesco Direct in Coleshill. Happy hunting :)

Can someone please do a lookup for F J Henley, general undertakers Birmingham. Thankyou in advance :)

Thankyou Terry and Chris, I am getting quite abit of background info now on my grandfather, have copied the picture Terry and been onto the site. I also went onto the Fovant site, (local history) and managed to get alot of info of that, which was very interesting. Once again thankyou :)

I do beg your pardon Chris, after re looking at the paper on an enlarged script you were right it is Fovant, and not a P!! I wonder what he would be doing there!!! Especially in khakis!! I need to do some surfing on the net I think. Thankyou Chris for putting me in the right country :)

Does anybody know anything about the above??? My great uncle Robert Burrows was part of the Quartet, and they performed at the Town Hall, Birmingham in 1908. I have found a recording of a war song on the web, amongst the archives, but that is basically all. I know that Raymond Dixon (Lambart...

I have abit more info on my grandfather now: 65033 pte Burrows L G Devon Regiment to Povant Left Canterbury Camp Nov 18 1819 Is Povant in France....i'm not very geographical minded!! Apparently he was a clerk, before and during his service in the army, do I still follow the ideas that you gave...

At the end of the day kmt, you will no doubt find that even us on the forum are all related one way or the other, especially if you go back to the 1200's and beyond. Joking apart don't get bullied by this person/persons, it's your tree and if you have the same ancestors then tough, perhaps it's...

Elle if you go to the library either Coleshill or Birmingham Central they have quite a few books on Water Orton, probably Coleshill would be best because it's more local. Happy hunting!! :)

Thanks Len, nice to see the history of the eye hospital :)

At one time the water from Rowton Well in Sutton Park was carried to the Eye Hospital daily by a horse drawn tank. It was claimed to possess mineral qualities of special value to cure diseases of the eyes. Wouldn't it be nice if the water from the well was still around today!!! :)

In October 1642, King Charles was entertained by the Holtes at Aston Hall, before King Charles departed he rode out to a hill near Sutton Coldfield, and held a review of royalist troops. The hill has been named "Kingstanding". The spot where the King stood should be marked by a clump of trees...

Taken from A royal Town by Hilda Moss "Sir Ralph Bracebridge had a grandaughter called Alice, whose home had been at Kingsbury Hall, at a time when the Ardens of Pedimore had built another fine house, Park Hall at Castle Bromwich. Alice met John, the eldest son of the Peddimores, and they fell...

Len...thankyou for that link, had a good look last night :) Terry...thankyou for that info, so perhaps he was in the Royal Fuseliers, but the Devonshire regiment, as I said before I only have his join date, so I think this one may be a long drawn out thing to research :) Chris....thankyou for...

How do I go about finding information on my grandfathers army career, all I know is his join date, which was 1917, I don't know anything else!!! :)

Kaz you are a gem.....thankyou so much for finding it for me....I've been looking for weeks, I have now copied and pasted and will print it all off later, this time it will be put with the rest of the family tree paperwork....once again a big thankyou :) Sue....I think this will be of interest...

Thankyou Peter, looks like it's the one at Albert St/Upper Thomas Street, so it was Aston and not Birmingham.....have you put on your database the licensees?? Is Montpellier Street close by....I will have to get the map book out and look...once again thankyou all :)