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I just can't see Rose on any record living on Harborne Road. From 1921 onwards she is at 10 Wheeleys Road and then at 18 Pereira Road. She is not there on the 1940 ER and the people who are, are also listed there on the 1939 Register. Unfortunately, there are no electoral rolls then until...

I don't mind tangents. If requests get a bit more involved I sometimes do a bit of a tree to keep track of people and then if I find something interesting (which is more often than not) I look deeper and the tree grows. Your tree is interesting, Chris, made more so by yours and your brother's...

I don't know why she was there but I still think it's a possibility. The year is wrong but the month of birth matches the reg. and she is single. Rose (Sarah Rose) and all her sister are mostly listed under their second name.

I'd guess the tannery came later. It says in the articles that a plan of the land may be seen... I wonder if that plan still exists somewhere.

Here's the map from 1839. No doubt a bit more built up but there's a burial ground marked (bottom right) beyond the Mill Pool...

Maurice & Ida of Harborne Road were the parents of Stanley Myers... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Myers

That's a different Maurice Myers. Rose's brother, Maurice, never married and died in 1933.

On 1921 census Rose is at the 10 Wheeleys Road address with a brother (Maurice) and a sister (Jullia). She appears to be there subsequently (1925 & 1930) also.

I've had a look but all I've done is eliminate possibilities. Is Birmingham, England a place of birth or a residence because if it's the latter then he could have been born anywhere in England, or beyond. Engineer is also not very helpful as it can be used for a number of, unrelated...

On the 1939 register (findmypast) Rose appears to be listed at 183 Loyells (Lozells?) Road.

Slightly on a tangent and with reference to the photo of Mary Parkes (post #35). There is a tree on familysearch (not sure if I've mentioned it before) which has photos of Mary Bannister & George Walter Wilson and is possibly by a descendant of Annie Bannister. This tree has Mary Parkes'...

It appears that 29 - 37 High St are still there. Map from 1957 followed by link to modern street view...

The house on Upper Sutton St, think it has to be no. 86, appears to be a shop of some kind. Not sure if those are a couple of bananas hanging in the window.

Elsie is also listed with George & Elizabeth Snook on the 1911 census. The transcript at least has her name incorrectly as Elise. Listed as a visitor rather than a grand daughter, a little surprising. So possibly Rebecca misunderstood the question in 1911 and listed both her living daughters...

Elsie Tovey, Chris' mom. You posted her marriage certificate on post #103. Also listed as Freda Elsie. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Tovey who married George Snook. Elsie's father, George Thomas Tovey, was an illegitimate son of Elizabeth. Caroline (mentioned above) was George's daughter with...

Pretty sure I've got the correct person. As we know they are just a snapshot but Elsie is listed on both the 1901 and 1911 census with her mother and a sister. On the 1901 one her father is there as well but in 1911 he is with another in Harborne (High St). He is still there in 1921 and 1939...

On the 1889 map there is a High Park Road in Smethwick. It appears to have been what is now Messenger Road. There is also a High Park Terrace listed. Not sure what was there in 1847.

George and Mary must have been a couple before he emigrated and I imagine that it was always their intention for Mary to join him once he had established himself. They must have made the arrangements by letter. And if George was already in America, which seems likely, their hasty marriage...

Sorry, just seen this. I don't think he travelled with her. On the passenger list for the question 'Whether going to join relative or friend...' it gives Walter's name and address, and in brackets intended husband. If Walter was travelling with her then that question would have different...

And on the map below from a little later (1901) whilst looking for Riddings St I spotted a road running off Wright's Lane called Bannister St. Named for a relative maybe?