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    Happy birthday Eric (cookie273uk)

    Happy belated birthday wishes Eric, enjoy being 93 years young:), Alberta
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    joe90 birthday.

    Happy birthday, have a great day. Alberta.
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    Thomas Sheridan Marriage 1899

    He was in the 15th Battalion the Rifle Brigade.
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    Thomas Sheridan Marriage 1899

    Thomas Sheridan b 1898 gave the name Thomas Sheridan when he enlisted on 7th May 1915 and gave mother Mary as next of kin , address Essex street , the address of the Brannons in 1911.
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    IT'S ALBERTA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY

    Thank you all for your messages, I have had a quiet day doing the garden , well not really, I was supervising Steve because I am being treated for long covid and ache all over. The children and grandchildren came at the weekend so as well as having nice pressies, I now know that Gavi is the...
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    Griffiths, Frederick

    The second wife of Alfred was Annie Marie Margareth Gunster whose family lived in Redland Road Malvern link, her father was Prussian, to link her to the Surrey Alfred Griffiths in 1939, she died in Surrey 1981 . Annie maria Margaret Griffiths b 24th july 1893.
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    happy 80th to richard dye

    Hope you had a lovely day Richard and welcome to the 80s club. Alberta
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    Wilton Street Lozells

    Babies could not be registered by unmarried mothers unless the father was present and agreed to it, often mothers gave their children the fathers surname as a second christian name which gave a clue to who he was.
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    winifred ethel harrison b 1915

    The entry on Ancestry says Herrison, mistranscribed. On his tree Dale says she was married to William Walter Harrison but she was single in 1939 and I can find no marriage for her after 1939 but then no death for her with birth 2nd Feb 1915.
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    winifred ethel harrison b 1915

    Winifred was the daughter of Ernest Harrison and his wife Ethel Clara Emery who married in 1908 1911 census back 152 charles henry street Ernest Harrison , age 29, house painter b Birmingham Ethel Clara age 26 b Warwick with Twin daughters Gladys and Hilda age 11 months Laura Emery age 5 Niece
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Beautiful big purple Allium, mine have not broken open yet, bit much smaller paler ones have.
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    Veraca

    Peter Veraca died in 1936, he married Leah E S Bridges in 1902. 1939 59 Naseby Road Veraca family Leah E , 13 Mar 1882 Peter, 23 Aug 1908 Denis A ,2nd Oct 1917 Josephine j 14th Dec 1920 + 2 closed entries. Electoral roll for 59 Naseby Road in 1950 Denis A Veraca Leah E Veraca Stephen J...
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    Veraca

    If Marie born 1911 the daughter of Peter Veraca and Elizabeth S Bridges is your father Dennis mother she also had a brother Denis born 1917. The family lived in Naseby road , Alum Rock.
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    Adelaide Della James

    Just found baptism record of John Donald James obvious error as he was registered Ronald, born 5th may 1927 baptised 25th May 1927, mother Adelaide Della James no father listed., address 19 Grasmere Drive , Handsworth.
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    Washwood Heath bus garage

    I am sad to post that my exhusband John Altimas has passed away , his funeral was on Thursday 4th May he worked at Washwood heath from 1963 until 1988 and some of his former friends and colleagues attended his funeral including Don Turner, Brian Morrisey, Alan Whalley and John Brown. We chatted...
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    Baron Davis

    Adjustments to your dates Clive, not 1962, Sarah remarried in 1982 , April/May or June and her husband Herbert Windebank died in June 1982, she died Sept 1983. all in Suffolk. Isaac Baron Davis address when he died was Bridge house Debenham which is a beautiful listed dwelling, Addresses for...
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I moved 26 years ago and the garden had no plants whatsoever, the owners were not into gardening. Over the years I have spent many pounds and many hours creating my beautiful garden. My husband knew this part of the world many many years ago , he passed Bacons End to go to Coleshill , he...
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    Brogan family

    Daniel Brogan born 1893 married Elsie Hamilton in Aston 1912. Daniel Brogan , of Ladywood , Nechells was serving with the Royal Warwickshire regiment and was killed in action on 28th february 1916, he is commemorated at Foncquevillers cemetery France , his effects were sent to his widow Elsie...
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    Joseph Chisla, Hill Street picture frame maker

    Giuseppe Ghisla married Emily Sarah Parsons in 1875 1911, 141 Bromsgrove street Joseph Ghisla age 73, born Switzerland,Picture frame carver and gilder Emily Sarah age 75, born birmingham school mistress Emily Parsons age 46 b, birmingham, Assistant school mistress In earlier census entries...
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    MY FIRST/SECOND GRANDCHILD

    Nice memories, the undertakers was and still is Hazels, opposite the church , Halfords was a little way down towards six ways on the corner of York road and the High street.
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