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There is only one birth of a William Blackham in Birmingham in 1842,(no others for 5years either side) In 1851 age 8 living with his widowed mother Elizabeth and brother alfred age 3. The head of the house, in Dale end, is Elizabeth Rowley, his grandmother , a fishmonger Birth 30th oct 1842...

My Dad died in 1995 on holiday in Lanzerote, the Birmingham coroner Richard Whittington wasn't happy with the paperwork ,from the Spanish authorities, sent with his body and ordered a post mortem . He was so kind to me on the telephone I will never forget it.

The Sabina Snell in Cornwall became Sabina Grills at marriage and went to Canada. Do we know Sabinas age as she was a Minor on her marriage at St Martins in 1860.

re; your finding Matilda in the industrial school in 1871, Industrial schools were for children who were likely to have turned to crime or were neglected. For children of matildas age to be there was often because the Mother had died or 'vanished' and the father was unable to cope or the...

Have a good one, enjoy. Alberta

Brilliant photos, memories of years ago, my late 1st husband worked as a conductor on the 51and 52 from 1960 to 1963 when he relocated to Washwood Heath driving 56 and 55 and later 26. He passed away last year and all his old bus pals most in their 70s and 80s came to his funeral and my son...

Charles timothy Hazlewood born 1887 to John and Emma. nee Holland lived in Bolton Road as a child. Charles married Alice Clarke in 1907 children Elsie 1912 Charles A 1915 (died later in 1915) Rose m 1923 Charles j 1927 Jean E 1930 Charles T Hazlewood was in the 9th Battalion Royal Warks in...

Unlike most of members I do not eat any meat. I was brought up in the staffs moorlands and as a very young child ,about4 i think, I was friends with the farmers son who told me where my lovely lamb friends had gone to and i have never touched meat since. I love all vegetables and fruit but can't...

Raymond Charles Davis born 27th july 1882 Aston, married Ada E King in Kings norton1913, son Ernest born 11 june 1914 1939 census living in 16 White road, birmingham occupation Bread maker.

Happy Birthday Viv, have a lovely day.

There are about 20 family trees on Ancestry with John Gibbons marrying Annie Moore, unfortunately half have his father as Thomas and the other Harry also different mothers name. Your best bet is to get the fathers name from the marriage certificate and go from there.

Olive welcome to the forum, I am sure one of our members will be able to help you , but it would be nice for them to have a Please or Thank you.

I can't believe i moaned about paying the vet £74 in my earlier post. An update on my pets , I mentioned Bradley my little bundle of fluff in my last post , he is now almost 12 years old and he has gingivitus in his gums so his side teeth have to be removed on Wednesday, £850 , kids inheritance...

There is no record of baby Jack on census as he was born between 1902-1911. His birth was recorded March qtr 1906 Volume 6d page 272 his death recorded Sept qtr 1906 Volume 6d page 182 both Aston The numbers are general register numbers for obtaining certificates

Moved to surnames thread. 178 Soho road Handsworth 1939 John Dorrington b 5th June 1881 Newsagent tobacconist. Helen S b 29th November 1880 Cyril b 1906 Eileen b 1913 John Dorrington married Helen Sarah jones in 1902., she died in 1968. John Dorrington was a footballer (goalkeeper) playing...

Regarding 'Hints' they are after all only hints and should be' investigated' or as in my case ignored because I know most of them are not in my tree.. On a different topic , it would be very helpful if there was a record of British people resident in this country but dying on holiday. I have...

Ancestry is a wonderful tool if used correctly, the census are a wonderful look at our ancestors but a note of caution, the public members trees are often a load of nonsense. Often people catch on to any 'John Smith' and have him as their own to add to the tree, so be careful and look at other...

My pet hate is hearing a man say 'the wife'.

Beautiful photos, we had the 'swarm' of longtails in our front garden tree yesterday but the bird numbers using our back garden feeders has decreased due to a very aggressive Robin who obviously thinks he owns the place.

Looking forward to all the new posts and photos. Looking forward to Snowdrops, Crocus,etc.