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I have just had an amazing response to a thread I posted some time ago on that part of the family that emigrated to Canada, so there is nothing to lose in trying on the part which went to USA. I now know that Anton and Emma Christensen left Mill Lane in Northfield in the early part of the 20th...

Re: Bullpits Birminham Apologies for hijacking an old thread, but my ancestor Joseph Moseley, a brassfounder, lived at 46 Northwood Street with his wife Ann in 1881. This is the address where Bulpitt and Son was originally based after it was founded in 1868. Joseph was either employed by...

Re: Joseph Moseley b c1838 Yes, Ladylinda the similarities are too strong to be mere coincidence. The ages are about right. So, I think we have it! Cheers.

Re: Joseph Moseley b c1838 Hi both, Joseph was born in Aston in about 1938. in 1881 he lived at 119 Gerrard Street, Aston. I tried this forum as I also failed to find him in 1871 census records. moseley is sometimes misspelled Mousely, mosly, mosely, and there are a fair few Moseleys in...

Hi, Looking for any marriage records for:- 1. Ann Moseley born 1838 in Aston and lived in Howe Street in 1851. Father is Joseph and mother Ann. 2. Eliza Moseley born about 1841 and lived at 153 Brearley Street in 1871. Mother and father as above. Many thanks.

Hi, I am looking for 1871 census record for Joseph Moseley married to Sarah, possibly employed as hook rim and clasp maker, aged about 34. Thanks.

Well, many thanks Ladylinda. This is fantastic, albeit tinged with a little sadness as Walter was the only other male line entering the 20th Century and it looks like he lived with his married sister without marrying and having his own family. Thanks for your efforts.

Hi, Grateful for any information on a Walter Moseley, who, aged 31, lived in Aston in 1911 and was employed as a naval brass worker. He had two sisters, Laura and Dorothy. I am particularly interested in any info on a marriage. Thanks.

Hi Pat, I am just picking up the family tree work again after a fair break and have just seen your response! I am very interested in any details which may shed any light on Ivy Moseley and Kitty Cole. Ivy in particular is a major enigma as she is not recalled by surviving family members here in...

Thanks. Nice photo. With the distinctive Bonser and Co building, this stretch of Digbeth does not look that different now.

Hi, Just rediscovering this site; hope to make more use of it soon.Anyway, I went to a concert last week at the HMV Institute, which has been Digbeth Civic Hall and Digbeth Institute. It looks like an old music hall/theatre inside, but Wikipedia suggests it started life as a church, which seems...

Sorry, I meant to ask why King Kong - no obvious connection with Birmingham. Or was the sculpture project anything goes? A colleagues visit to the Lake District has provoked this by the way. We thought perhaps there was some connection with the film.

Hi, Not perhaps the 'statue' this forum was thinking about, but does anyone know if there was a reason why a scuplture of King Kong was commissioned for Birmingham. I have seen the earlier post on this subject and we can confirm he is alive and well in Penrith! Thanks.

Yeh Kaz I have tried that, with little success. Its a shame that certificates are not available on-line. Probably a massive undertaking, but it would be a massive step forward.

Hi, I thought I would try another one for you helpful people. Having difficulties identifying the marriage records for my female Aston ancestors in the mid to late 1800s. They disappear from the family census between the 1851 and 1881 census: I assume because they got married and had not...

Thanks. That is how I imagined Howe Street to look - these must be the original 1830s buildings.

Thanks Mike Jee. Interesting that most of the trades lists are shopkeepers/retailers. My ancestor was a brassfounder who lived at 33 Howe Street. I have one photo of the area provided in response to a previous post, but I may need to take myself down to Central Library for more photos of this...

Does anyone have any information on Howe Street in Duddeston and Nechells? My ancestors lived there from 1835 to 1860s (must have been some of the earliest inner city housing). It is now a mere full stop before Millennium Point - I guess the very old housing would have been cleared a long time...

Many thanks Phil, These are very good. Photos of Howe Street seem hard to find. My great great great grandfather lived here from 1830s to the 1870s and therefore I am particularly interested in this street. Henry Street was I think renamed Oldfield Road. I have leafed through the Carl...

Hi, I am trying to add interest to a family history I am currently working on by adding photographs of the roads my ancestors lived in. However, many are changed due to clearances etc. Are there any good sources for old photos/histories of streets, ie when housing was cleared. I am...