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Farm land in 1886, specifically The Firs and probably a good few years before that. On this map from 1886 Drylea Grove seems to be exactly where the words The Firs are...

Gillian Shen was the grand daughter of Eleanor Sheen, who was an elder sister of Emma Ragg (nee Sheen).

Yes, that looks to be the right one.

Nehemiah was born 28 Sep 1834, baptised as Johnstone 26 Dec 1834 at St Martin's son of William & Elizabeth. Nehemiah married again in 1894.

It appears to be listed as 92 Edgbaston Road on the 1953 map. The first person I can see on the ERs listed for it is a George Harrison in 1912. He was an ex Licensed Victualler (Swan Inn, Loxton St in 1881) by then listed as Living on his Own Means in 1911.

The obvious place would be Piedmont in the north but that's a long way from Frosinone and a bit out of character with what we know. And looking at the map there is a Piedimonte San Germano to the SW of Arpino/Arce. It is about 10 to 15 miles away but a lot closer than Piedmont.

Looking again at the 1921 census for Giuseppe and Maria (post #106) what I I didn't notice previously is that there is a birthplace place for Maria other than Italy. It looks like Sovie but unfortunately I'm not sure if that's quite right. I had another search for a birth for Maria and other...

It is a strange one. Maybe there was a falling out between Alfred and Alexandra.

If he is passing himself as a Foster (true or not) then he would have had to say his father was deceased. Not certain he was but his mother is married to another man so has to say it.

We know he is the correct person as he lists his mother so there should be one half sister listed. So can only assume it was either an error or he didn't understand the question.

Going back to the 1901 census. Elizabeth, Alexandra and Alfred are together with no sign of Alfred Foster at that time so that would seem support your ruling out of him being the father. Why did he choose to use the name Foster though if he wasn't one. He could have stuck with Pecchia, or gone...

There's one from mike on this threas... https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/parish-maps.51979/

When it come to Richard III I'm still sceptical. There are 3 possibilities - he is the son of Luciano Pecchia and used the Foster name for convenience, he's the son of Alfred Foster or he is the son of an unknown father and again used the Foster name for convenience. As he was registered as...

It's one of those things that you'll never know one way or the other. No descendants, no one still alive who knew him. Unless you dig him up and hope you can extract dna to compare to his half siblings descendants. Probably a bit extreme though.:)

We don't know for certain. In favour of him not being a Pecchia, apart from using the Foster name, is he deosn't appear to have been baptised a Catholic like his 2 sisters

Thank you. I was hoping for a few more relatives being mentioned.

Is it me or do some of heads of the footballers look too big for their bodies?

The only other item I can find of interest on the site atm is a mention of the Will of Isaac's father in law, Joseph Jacobs. https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/jewish-will-extracts-18th-19th-century-details/jewish-will-extracts-18th-19th-century/?value=2904 Not a lot of details given but the...

They seem to have sold a wide variety. One advert mentions budgies, canaries, tortoise, snakes, lizards, rabbits, golden hamsters, tame mice, guinea pigs, goldfish etc, another adds chameleons and tree frogs and a third appears to include bush babies.

Marriage of Maurice Myers and Elizabeth Abrahams... https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/person-details/?value=6528