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Phoebe Rae was born 25th June 1882 and baptised 29th july, Catshill parish, parents Thomas and Sarah I think she made a couple of errors on her marriage to Harry Morris she says age 39 when she would have been 45, and says she is a widow , why then does her father have the same surname , Thomas...

Could it have been the Chad Valley doll factory in Harborne

William Bosward married Dora K P Palmer , Dora was born Dora Kate Peters Bartlett and married Frederick Palmer in 1911. as both her surnames were used at her marriage it may mean she was divorced. Frederick and Dora had a son Neville Hazel Peters Palmer on 28th Dec 1912 in Poole and he died on...

Working back from Laura she says in another thread that her father is Barry Collett I have worked back and her grand parents were Stanley Collett and Doris Jones married 1948 and Barry was born 1951mother Jones Doris Jones mother Rose field. who married john Jones living at 13 Walter street in...

Natasha, I have messaged Sue wonder, she may get a prompt to this on her emails and hopefully will log in here again.

So he had stopped calling himself Mills in civvy life.

John mills b 1876 married Ellen Belcher in May 1897 at St Edmunds , Dudley, her father given as Isaac Belcher no father for John.They moved to Nottingham where John worked as a miner. I think you are correct Janice to say than John Wellings was underage he signed up on May 5th 1903 as John...

I have just viewed records on a Gen site for Beatrice Wellings , it states she had a brother John Mills in 1876 but also a brother John Thomas Wellings in 1886 Dudley and gives his address in Rowley Regis in 1939. This record from 1939 shows him at the home of a Joseph Mole, John was born 5th...

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.