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I have a death for William Walker in 1947 at 355 Adams Hill,Northfield,Birmingham,WAR.
Can you tell me who was living with him there and if they lived there after his death please.
Thanks
Mike
I would like to find out who is living with Edward and Mary Ann Walker in Wood Lane , Woodgate. they die in 1940 & 1941
In 1911 there is Mary Ann's son William Guest who marries as William Horace Walker in 1933 and dies under that name in 1947
TIA
Mike
Hi All
I am looking for where the late Mrs Ethel Minnie Walker (married in 1933 husband William died in 1947 Adams Hill) lived after his death, I can find two Mrs E M Walker in Kelly's 1964 so any electoral roll sightings would help me select the correct one.
Mike
I notice in the very first picture there are some ladders in the middle , they appear in a number of old postcard, and I wondered what they were for and what time period they were there for ?
In the 1891 census for Kings Norton Village a relative of mine Harriet Fisher unmarried age 38 gives her occupation as "turnpike duties" her father John Fisher been the steam tug engine driver. (replacing the Fisher ancestors who were leggers). Not sure the route the Pershore Rd took in those...