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Two photos of Dowell's Retreat almshouses in Warner Street, Bordesley. The first by William A Clark in 1932 is held by Birmingham Archive: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory_record/112061/dowells_retreat I attach another which shows my great aunt Rose Emily Bennett (in white) standing...

I've just realised that the picture I have is of Dowell's Retreat in Warner Street, which isn't the same place, apologies.

In the past people tried to not get too attached to newborns too soon. So if a baby died within hours of birth, they might not name it. Naming of stillborn children wasn't done generally (you still don't have to when you register one in the UK, although most people do). The elite sent babies a...

C of E then. Although the Baptists were gaining ground at the time, my mom's family defected from Trinity to Small Heath Baptist, even though grandad was the organist at Trinity!

Someone on the forum may remember them. I'm crossing my fingers!

I don't think Edith gave away the medals. My reasoning is... Medals are personal and these wouldn't have been valuable back then. No other items were found with them as far as I know, so this isn't a cache of generic 'things an old lady was worried about being stolen'. Edith seems not to have...

No, only that she was in Daniels Road in 1965. I don't see how she'd have qualified for a largish council house, so I'm not entirely joking when I say it was probably a right to buy and then quick sale. At the time, people didn't know how long the policy might last.

It's a classic council house. I lived in one with the exact same little concrete thing over the door, on an estate with every house the same. Right to Buy was 1985 so probably someone made a quick buck and then flogged it to Edith lol.

Updated timeline: 1879 Thomas Wauman born Birmingham 1882 George Horton born 1901 - 2 George in Boer War 1905 George marries Fanny Elizabeth 1908 Gladys Penelope Horton born 1911 George on Birmingham census with Fanny and 2 children Edith May and Gladys Penelope 1914 - 1918 George WW1...

I've got more details on my timeline now. There's at least 11 years between my relatives the Bennetts arriving and the death of Edith, so it seems unlikely that she gave the medals to the Davises due to going into hospital / a home, and they forgot them when they moved out. We have no reason to...

Interesting! We know George and Fanny were married in 1905, i wonder if it was there.. What is a traveller in fancy goods?

https://jephcott.one-name.net/ <link A society for the genealogy of Jephcotts, of all spellings. I have Nuneaton (Stockingford) Jeffcotts on my mom's side, of two different spellings.

I'm trying to solve a mystery - some medals were discovered by my relative hidden at 27 Daniels Road, Bordesley Green. They were awarded to a George Horton for service in the Boer War and WW1, but strangely, he lived at 32, not 27. A couple called Thomas and Minnie Wauman lived at 27. I think...

Ah ok. Thanks. Horton is fairly common but Wauman is not. I'd love to get some idea if the medals were given to Minnie Wauman. I can't see her husband in any service records though.

I believe my grandfather Sydney Tibbatts was an upholsterer for Smiths, before he became the proprieter of a cafe in Hockley and then a betting shop. Does anyone know anything about the fitting-out workshop? The man in the centre of the photo above, with the stylish round glasses, does look like...

I've looked at the tree but sorry i still don't understand: I thought George's mother's name was Clara? Sarah Gibson née Terry: you said she was your 'great grandfather's wife'. By that did you mean your great grandmother, or an earlier / second wife?

Sorry I dont understand. I haven't got a subscription to Ancestry so i can't see any of the trees.

His wife but not your great grandmother?

:) What was his wife's name?

Are they your relatives?