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  1. MWS

    Six Ways Aston

    There's a Walter Matthews listed as Grocer and Provision Merchant in 1911 at 2 Lozells Road I think. His wife was much older and one of her sons (from a previous marriage) is with them listed as Grocers Assistant.
  2. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    The birth reg. for Vincent has mother's name as Faulkner. And there is a Mary Falkner born and baptised in Willenhall (her listed birthplace in 1881) of the right age. Interestingly her father was a locksmith. She appears to be missing off the 1861 census, so is she with Vincent in some foreign...
  3. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    Just assume it means he was a soldier when he died or the last they heard of him.
  4. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    The Belfast baptism could be him but no way to know for certain. Getting either certificate for Harriet seems a bit of a waste of money to me. I can't imagine what other info on them there would be that would help.
  5. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    Looks like she married a Charles Littley. Found a baptism for a Vincent Kerr in Belfast 11 Aug 1830, son of a Patrick and Eliza. Without a marriage to Mary (Faulkner) impossible to prove if relevant.
  6. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    You may have already looked at these but this is all I could find... There's a Vincent Kerr listed on the 1861 British Army Worldwide Index (findmypast) though I don't think there's anymore info from that. There's a Vincent Kerr on the 1858 Military Court Martial Registers (fold3). And...
  7. MWS

    Vincent Kerr

    Does Vincent's sister list similar info about her father when she marries?
  8. MWS

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    From Lawley Middleway (Ashted Row long gone) and not really looking towards town, that would be more to the left. Nice and shiny, centre right, is Aston Science park which I always thought looked so modern when I used to go past it on the bus but I think some if not all of it has gone as well.
  9. MWS

    Aston Church Road.

    You were right, had a letter from the contractors, Aston Church Road is going to be closed for more than a year, starting from October. There is a diversion along already busy roads with probably little more thought gone into it than where to put the signs. I don't go that way often but it will...
  10. MWS

    anyone into this?

    Further to the above, checking other people's information relates to all genealogy sites. Whilst getting a little carried away with someone else's tree (from a recent member's query) had a bit of difficulty with one person which I eventually sorted (I think). She appears on 7 trees on Ancestry...
  11. MWS

    Critchlow and Cole of Handsworth

    Is that chap at the back exceptionally tall or just standing on something? William only had a sister. Gladys had 3 sisters and 2 brothers. All survived the war.
  12. MWS

    66 Leopold Street, Birmingham

    It's the same in 1911 and the same boarder is still there. She appears to have been married before George and (as can been seen) the 2 children are previous husbands. She appears to die in 1922, listed as Jenkins.
  13. MWS

    66 Leopold Street, Birmingham

    I can't see him in 1901 or 1911. I can see a George of a similar age with wife Sarah but he's a different person.
  14. MWS

    66 Leopold Street, Birmingham

    As the father of the George Fowler of Leopold St was a Beer Retailer doesn't it seem plausible that his son would invent a device for barrels?
  15. MWS

    66 Leopold Street, Birmingham

    Am I missing something? The George Fowler who lived at 66 Leopold St is not the same as the one born in Oadby (as can be seen from the 1881 census scan). There doesn't appear to be any obvious connection between the 2 families.
  16. MWS

    Henry Gould and the Pond family

    You can only hope that one of the children turn up on a census with Henry's relatives.
  17. MWS

    Henry Gould and the Pond family

    There's also a possible death Jun 1904 and for a Henry Gold Mar 1905 but none of the ages are really close. Without a marriage to Mary (for his father) and the discrepancy in birthplaces difficult to know where/when he was actually born.
  18. MWS

    Henry Gould and the Pond family

    As errors go (if it is one) it's a bit out there.
  19. MWS

    Henry Gould and the Pond family

    No, nothing I can see. Though I'm not sure about much for Henry. I'm wondering if he was baptised Joseph Henry in Smethwick 1836, his birthplace is listed as such at least once.
  20. MWS

    Henry Gould and the Pond family

    Eliza was married previously, to a William Copper and it's possible that he is still alive when she is 'married' to Henry Gould which maybe why there is no marriage to Henry Gould. On the 1871 census the eldest 4 children listed as Gould were Copper and registered as such. She appears to have...
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