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Could we relook at parents of margaret and elizabeth preston as I have stumbled across this....apparently Elizabeth preston was a twin with Mary Ann Preston parents Robert Preston and Elizabeth warner. Im not saying this is the elizabeth sister of Margaret but having looked online this...

Info on William Maisey - Thomas Mayes brother I've gathered so far. William Maisey/Mayes brother of Thomas 1837 I believe he died 1893. William was a twinespinner on his records. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1956678:9041?ssrc=pt&tid=171140111&pid=332576785895 This record...

I wonder if Sabina may have died...no idea. I've worked out Willliam, Thomas's brother and going to do an update later. Its still weird why sabina's name was missing off one of the boys baptism records and only thomas's surname entered. Think its John's as havent found a baptism for Robert...

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Thanks Lynn really appreciate it. I don't know whether it will reveal anything about Eliza and Matilda but it may say when they were put into Gem street, or what became of them when they left etc. I've no idea. Im hoping something may give a clue about Sabina too. I did stumble across a...

I got the info off Norfolk family history site. They had records on it. I think there are two william platfoots so assuming one son and the other father. A william platfoot married Elizabeth Preston (presston) in yarmouth. Also a George Platfoot lives a few doors away from Robert...

6th August 1826 William Platfoot was baptised in Yarmouth, the son of John and Elizabeth Easter. As above Elizabeth was the sister of Margaret Preston. So perhaps his dad was the witness to the marriages above? Date: Surname: Easter Child: William Platfoot Father: John - Sailor...

Also Devon and Cornwall and West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire were my main areas under my English percentage. Mums parents Birmingham, and grandads parents Birmingham, he was a Hadley. Hadley ancestors all around Birmingham, Worcestershire and Sheffield. had 9% Jewish which I...

Oh my dads On my dads side yes matches came up via an Edith May Norbury. I couldn’t figure out how we were matched at first as I had believed alberts mum was Martha redfearn. then I discovered my dads dad wasn’t born norbury but Abraham’s. His dad changed names and when he split with Edith...

Is this also why herbalists were used rather than seeking medical help or was this more to do with wanting to avoid traditional medical paths/drugs?

Out of interest was there any other hospitals in Birmingham 1860’s onwards other than the western road infirmary? If so why go to the workhouse infirmary? Thanks

I did ancestry’s DNA and have found relatives 2nd cousins. I also found my dad before taking the test and the dna result confirmed parentage. I found I had a high percentage of Irish dna which I didn’t expect and 32% English a lot lower than I thought.

Oh I know. I think what stood out was the Edward Barret who was listed on a baptism record and the name snelling. As you say many people with the same names but it still caught my attention when searching records

Okay putting this out here even tho Im not sure how any of this fits with what we have linked together but I came across a census for Robert Mays estimated birth year 1806 - st faiths Norfolk who isn't a shoemaker but in the 1861 census we have a family of Snelling living right next door and and...

Does this look like Molloy to others? Just checking

There is an entry for Eliza Moyes but when you look at the original census, looks like Mayes. I would lay bets this is Matilda's sister. Eliza was 8, dont know when the census was done, perhaps before Eliza's birthday. It has her down as 8 even tho she was born 1861 but one of those years...

Great Janice thank you

Im going to look further at the rest of the godparents, also on Elizabeth Guest who was a witness to Sabina and Thomas's wedding. It may lead no where. So william long who was married to Ann Bassingthwaite, most likely mother of Eliza Bassingthwaite who married James Mayes/Maisey was present...