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  1. MWS

    Nostalgia

    Without watching the video the mind boggles at what job the lady on the right has.
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    Ivory Place

    Transcribed as Irving Place on findmypast.
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    Ivory Place

    Have you looked at the households numbering next to Ivory Place and looking for those on a map to get an idea where it was?
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    Parker, William Howard

    He appears to have been born in Kings Norton, reg. Jun 1889. He was the son of William Joseph Parker and Eliza Elizabeth Payne. In 1891 he is with family in Kings Norton, Birch Road/Street? In 1901 he (listed as William Howard) with family in Aston, Mole Road. In 1911 the family are back in...
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    Interesting and Unusual Names

    A war baby? Did he go to pieces in an argument? ;)
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    Interesting and Unusual Names

    Another strange name across whilst researching a family tree - Kossuth Plato Hopkins (born Bham). It's suggested that Kossuth may have Hungarian origins though no idea if it is in this case. Father was born in Bristol and mother was born in Jamaica and appears to be listed as a quadroon (a term...
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    Nostalgia

    I'm probably a generation younger than most posters on here. I can look back now and imagine that it was probably quite hard for my dad and step mom when they were growing up - probably less so for my mom - and, even though my mom left when I was 4 and we were far from well off, I can...
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    Nostalgia

    No generation of children have ever, nor ever will, appreciation the advantages they have over their parents' generation.
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    1926 for the Irish census, though who knows when it will be available, An Irish equivalent of BMDs would be nice also.
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    Surmising with the info available... Joseph Porter Falloon b1888 Belfast, married Georgina Forbes in 1907. They had a daughter - Elizabeth b1911 - and on the 1911 census are living in Shankill, Antrim with M in Law. They then have a son - James Houston b & d 1912. Between then & 1918 Joseph...
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    In regards the family tree, I'd guess that they've seen the maiden name as Dayus for Lillian and came up with Fanny, adding Gertrude to make it 'correct'. If it's the Fanny Dayus of Staffordshire, she marries a Benjamin Colley in 1924, death reg. in Bham 1977.
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    Do you mean Joseph (son)? He was reg. as Falloons/Harris. Edna May Gardiner's maiden name appears to be Harris and she may have been the illegitimate daughter of Gertrude. She doesn't seem to be on the 1921 census either which again suggests that they may have deliberately avoided it...
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    Strangely, there is a Gertrude Harris reg. in Aston in the correct quarter of 1893 who has a sister Ada that marries an Edward Dayus. He dies in 1917 and she re-marries in 1921. That appears to be the only Harris/Dayus close to that time. A bit of a stretch maybe but perhaps Ada registered the...
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    Falloon (nee Harris) Gertrude

    Is it possible there was no marriage to Gertrude because he was married to someone else? Possibly Joseph Porter Falloon b1888 Ireland, married a Georgina Forbes in 1907. In Ireland on the 1911 census with wife & daughter, listed on Charlotte St on the 1922 ER. Can't see him on the 1921 census...
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    Bayley Charles William

    Sometimes, even supposing that the information given is correct, you can read too much into it. There's no way of knowing why she gave birth there. She may have been living there for a short while but equally it could have been the house of a relative or a friend she was visiting, or even the...
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    Bayley Charles William

    You don't need a subscription to search. What street/who are you looking for?
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    Bayley Charles William

    You can search for a street in a census on findmypast fairly easily.
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    Bayley Charles William

    Did you work out who Charles Stephen Bayley was because there is a Charles Stephen Bayley b1862, a widower, listed on the 1901 census in Handsworth with his children and his occupation is stamper (press work).
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    Bayley Charles William

    The Gertrude Baldwin living on Farm St in 1901 is the daughter of a William John Baldwin and a Mary Ann Shore. Mary Ann Shore's mother also Mary Ann (nee Scott) Shore (a widow) married Thomas Evans (a widower) in 1899. So although Mary Ann Baldwin is listed as a daughter of Thomas Evans she is...
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    Kilkenny Family - 26 Bow Street - Circa 1900

    And there is a John Bown on the 1891 census listed as Bicycle Maker (employer).
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