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Thank you - I shall follow up Louisa. Here's a scan of an early publicity flyer that I have, printed for a trip to Norwich, that refers to him as being 'late of' the Polytechnic Institution, and claiming that he had learned his trade in Germany as well as in London (a possible industrial...

That's an interesting lead. Do you have a specific source for that? I have plenty of newscuttings in an album (and I've not read all of them yet), and there's loads more still to be studied online, but I've not seen her name mentioned before. In an ideal world I'll create a timeline of his...

Thank you @MWS. Following any Elizas born in Spalding c.1833 (1861 - 28 = 1833) was on my To Do list, so you may have saved me some time there! Eliza Love marrying (again?) in 1863 and settling in Wiltshire only 12 miles away in South Marston makes her strong candidate for being David's...

Susan D: Please feel free to contact me using the Conversation facility as outlined by @mikejee in post #25 above. Others have already done this, to mutual benefit. I have photos of David in later life, and line drawings from earlier promotional material, which can be scanned. I've been...

Hi Susan D, I'm afraid I have no information about where he was buried as I've not looked into it in detail. I can confirm that he spent part of his life in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, between the early 1870s and at least 1901 (ie Census), before returning to Birmingham in advanced old age, so Ashby...

Fascinating to pick up this thread more than 4 years after its first posting, following an impulsive Google search for 'Professor Trevori'. David Trevor (b.1828) was my great-great-grandfather, and I have inherited a collection of news cuttings and other ephemera relating particularly to his...

Thanks MWS - I haven't delved into the wider family tree in any systematic fashion yet, but all clues are welcome. I'm beginning to wonder if the Trade Directories list the proprietor's name rather than the actual shopkeeper? The business may have still been in her name in 1878 even if the staff...

If anybody finds or knows of a photo of the older properties opposite Cheatham Street at any time before it was redeveloped I'd be most interested. Thanks.

Wow - many thanks for your prompt and informative responses mikejee, MWS, and Astoness. She is in Aston Street near Gosta Green with her husband David as early as 1838 acording to two other sources. He was a seedsman or corn merchant, so the 'provision dealer' reference fits well. There is a...

Thanks mw0njm. Subsequent research (and a better understanding of the Trade Directory notation) shows that Phoebe Trevor's shop was most likely a little further down Nechells Park road in the direction of Railway Terrace, probably quite close to Stella Street. I am still interested in the...

If anybody out there is researching the Trevor family's connections to Birmingham I'd be interested in comparing any early 19th Century (or even earlier) notes. To the best of my knowledge my immediate ancestors were corn merchants or bakers, although my great-great-grandfather (b.1828) broke...

No photos to offer, sorry, but I am interested in any information about why Trevor Street was so called. An ancestor of mine, Phoebe Trevor, ran a shop at 356 Nechells Park Road (also listed as 'Steuart Street') according to Kelly's 1878 Directory for Birmingham. I can see from past and present...