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    Carter/Booth marriage

    Hi there, Could someone kindly look up a marriage record at St Martins on 13 Jan 1827 for John Booth & Nancy Carter. I'm hoping there will be a little more info to help me decide if this is really the Nancy Carter I'm looking for. Thanks, Sheryl :)
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    Volunteer Force/Corps

    Hi everyone, My great Grandfather was Alfred Carter youngest son of John Cater councilman for Ladywood ward. Alfred was born in Birmingham in 1840 & emigrated to NZ about 1890. He died in 1932 & I'm curious about a mention in his obit that says he joined the 1st volunteer corp in England & was...
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    Marriage / christening records please

    Hi Everyone, Could someone please lookup a marriage record for Elizabeth Lowell & William Pride 25 Sept 1785 & also a christening record for William Pride Ralph 14 Oct 1795 both at St Martins. Any extra info would be much appreciated. Sheryl
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    Boat builders in and around Birmingham

    .....My GG Grandmother was Hannah Jarvis Parkes. She was born about 1803 in Tamworth & in 1832 married John Carter at St Martins. John was a city councillor for the Ladywood Ward for 27 years & also owned a canal boat building business at Ladywood..... Edit. The early posts on this thread are...
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    Thomas Lowell Ralph

    Hi everyone, I am looking for more info about my GG Grandfather Thomas Lowell Ralph who was born in Birmingham in 1825. He spent many years in Russia, establishing and afterwards managing the first metal-rolling mills in that country for the Russian Government. He returned to Birmingham where...
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    What happened to remains?

    Hi everyone, I know some of my Powell ancestors were buried in the churchyard of St Martins & I read an article about how the churchyard was excavated & the remains removed & examined. I was wondering if anyone can tell me what happened to the remains. Have they been interred in another cemetery...
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