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  1. changinman1

    Hit A Brick Wall

    Maurice , you have been incredibly helpful in explaining how you feel about this and the challenges that I face , its not easy , maybe I need to go over the data that I have from later on and maybe work back and cover different opportunities , its certainly given me food for thought as id hate...
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    Hit A Brick Wall

    so do I need to get a Birth Cert ?
  3. changinman1

    Hit A Brick Wall

    OMG how do you even know such facts about distance of churches etc ...amazing ....mmmm this one is so tricky isn't it ...thankyou so so much for getting me this info, its something ill have to try and pursue further
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    Hit A Brick Wall

    Maurice , firstly and foremost thankyou for doing this for me I really appreciate it , how did you get that ive looked for days on this one , couple more questions , 1-what does the middle sentence say I cant understand it ? 2- Is there anywhere I can get the maiden name of Elizabeth his mother
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    Hit A Brick Wall

    Hi im researching my family tree and I cant seem to get a father or a mother for one of my gt GF,s , please if anyone can think of a way id be real grateful. Jeremiah Field 1755–1838 BIRTH 1 JUL 1755 • St Georges Bloomsbury, London, England DEATH ABT 1838 4th great-grandfathe
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    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    Hi yes Sarah was widowed in 1890 , Joseph her hubb died in Rubery hill asylum of bronchitis . only 40 odd too.
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    Walter Collins and the Beet family

    Hi this is really ironic and of course so sad but I have a bit of a back story too regarding this , my grandad and gran lived next door to them at this sad time Charles Henry Field and Hilda Field . I did a bit of digging on this and found also a piece in the sunday mercury about the tragedy...
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    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    so are these the addresses of their employers ?? so ...I can say that definitely related to me are .... Sarah Field (married to Joseph Field my gt gt paternal GF The other Fields I would need more data on to make a judgement call How do you link them to me or did you just pull out some random...
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    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    wow ....tiwice that of London and thats probably why my paternal grandfathers moved up from London then for the jobs up here ?!?!?
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    Birth Certs

    Hi all ...great people .....I havnt sent off for a BC for must be 10 years , what is the process , is it easier now and or is there an alternative way of viewing these or getting hold of them without having to pay £8 for one ??
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    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    Hi ...I don't know if we are related but such close co-incidences , my fields lived in brearley st at certain times and 4 back 80 great Russell street for a long time too .....mmmm wonder if they knew each other
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Janice , i dont know whether he was admitted twice , all i know is that he died in there , are the dates of birth the same on the two admissions
  13. changinman1

    Thanks - post your thanks here

    Thats what I thought Lyn, youre all fantastic people .
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    Marston Green & Tile Cross

    Steam line then , when did it go electric
  15. changinman1

    Thanks - post your thanks here

    I just wanted to say a massive thanks to all the admins and contributors to this amazing site , its been so useful for me over the years . Hopefully we can keep it going .
  16. changinman1

    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    It cant be a co-incidence
  17. changinman1

    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    Some of my Fields did also live in brearley st too
  18. changinman1

    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    Oh wow hannah field , can you possibly share your tree with me somehow i need to compare them , they might be related
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