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    Baron Davis

    Thank you Mike Janice & MWS. This information is definitely correct . I had only know him as Baron not Isaac,Perhaps he only used Baron as he was the Nephew of Baron John Davenport. Esther Levy was the Sister of Jennie and Leah Levy who were both married to Baron John Davenport. This has...
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    Baron Davis

    I’ve tried for ages to try and find out something more about Baron ( christian name not title ) Davis. I only use Ancestry but can find very little. Wondering if anyone can help? Baron Davis born September 1911. Mother Esther Levy, Father Davis. Married by 1939 when he appears on 1939...
  3. Davenport

    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    This made me smile this morning.
  4. Davenport

    68 Bristol Road

    This will be future research for me, I did see the Frank Davenport 1926 death on Ancestry. Thank you.
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    68 Bristol Road

    Thanks so much for these two photos and your info.
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    68 Bristol Road

    Thank you so much for this extra information. For me genealogy is not only discovering new family members but learning a little more about their lives including where and when they lived. The help given on these posts is really appreciated. Unfortunately I do not know what happened to the family...
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    68 Bristol Road

    I’ve now been able to locate a drawing of him.
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    68 Bristol Road

    Thanks Mike. Much Appreciated, Clive
  9. Davenport

    68 Bristol Road

    Thanks Viv.
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    68 Bristol Road

    Viv you are a ⭐️ star. I have not seen this before. Incidentally I believe he served just one month jail sentence! THANK YOU. Clive.
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    68 Bristol Road

    Yes thank you Viv he is a distant cousin and it’s what sparked my interest.
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    68 Bristol Road

    I realise this is a very long shot but does anyone have a photograph showing 68 Bristol Road around 1902 ? It was described as a large Villa type house. Mike I wonder if you have a map of the area around this time showing this house ? Thank You .
  13. Davenport

    Suffragettes In Birmingham

    11th March 1914
  14. Davenport

    Davenport Family Birmingham .

    Could you please private message me. Robert is my 4thx Grt Grandfather.
  15. Davenport

    No birds in my garden....

    This is so coincidental as I’ve said the same to my Wife over the past few days. we live in north Leicestershire.
  16. Davenport

    Davenports Brewery

    I’m not aware of a C Davenport in the brewing family.
  17. Davenport

    Cadbury's Bournville Factory

    Can anyone help with a Cadbury’s employee query. A family member David Robertson Kyle worked at Cadbury’s as a horticulturist and was apparently bitten by a tropical spider and died. This was in 1959 and he was aged 39. I’m wondering if anyone has heard or come across this story. His Father...
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    Blakesley Hall

    I have a ‘partial‘ family tree of the Hopkins family as a very distant Davenport features in the family .Hopkins were there from 1770s until Eliza Hopkins who was born there in 1822 married Henry Lowe and moved to Comberford, Staffs and had Florence Elizabeth Lowe who married Thomas William...
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