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  1. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    wow didnt know this was possible ...ok its 38 Primrose Lane ....
  2. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Ive had a quick look around here but cant find much or anything on the above street, iv just bought a property there and wanted to learn about its history of street and hopefully the house as its victorian built .
  3. changinman1

    Co-op High Street Birmingham

    Iv really enjoyed reading that , thanks so much, its got a place i my heart too having worked there
  4. changinman1

    Co-op High Street Birmingham

    God ye he was i remember going into his office once and he was on the cigars and im sure i saw liquor out on the desk too hahah.
  5. changinman1

    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    So if you traced back william ray and caroline houghton does Ellen not pop up anywhere at all as a birth
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Sorry for not responding earlier , iv had a terrible year , if there is anything that you can do to find out id really appreciate it.
  7. changinman1

    Frederick William field

    I think there must be another record somewhere of him (Charles Henry Field ) joining up in 1939 too for the second ww , im sure he got injured there and had to come out.....I think.
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    Frederick William field

    Thanks a million
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    Frederick William field

    Is it easy to get the records of his brother my Grandad Charles Henry Field - who joined in 1918 ?
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    Frederick William field

    OMG i AM SOOOOO INDEBTED TO YOU , YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE STAR THANKYOU X
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Hi , thats so sad .....its awful , poor lady . Thanks for finding that out . (is there no other way of finding her birth name)
  12. changinman1

    Frederick William field

    Ohh ok ...I was wondering at that age .....but what a shame he died so young , 24 . rip ..
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Hi what makes you think she was adopted ? , sorry for being thick
  14. changinman1

    Frederick William field

    Hi MWS ...can you possibly attach some more details if you have them because I dont have anything , also the bit about his father - his name was George Field and im surprised that its showing him as he was born in 1865, are you saying that he too was serving even at 50 ish years of age ??
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    Frederick William field

    Hi I’m hoping that someone can shed some light on my gt grandads brother Frederick William field who according to his death certificate was an army pensioner and he died from pneumonia at the family home in 1918 age 24 , I heard through the family that he died of Spanish flue but the certificate...
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Thanks appreciate any help you can give me, pa I thought that Ellen and her husband my gt grandad George were the same age according to their death certs they were both 67 when they died and George died in December 1931and Ellen in July 1932 and both registrars being 67, their marriage...
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Nelly wow didn’t know that
  18. changinman1

    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    You guys n gals have made my day , thank you sooo much for helping me to unravel this mystery
  19. changinman1

    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    I’m not too good at this , someone in the family said that she came from money and her family disowned her when she married my gt grandad mmm
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    Great Grandmother Ellen Field nee Ray/Reay

    Hi does this help
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