Search results

Hi I have replaced my old poverty line website and completely rebuilt and launching a brand new Poverty Line website! https://sites.google.com/view/birmingham1889/home The new design offers a much better and easier way to search for your ancestors by name and street. My data base has records...

Thank you, did take a bit of time but enjoyable

Pike and Musket is a great name

No thats a new one on me Morturn, did not see attachments but has a quick google. Looks interesting though and will have to look into

Thank you

ah I did not know that, found it a bit hard to find too many pictures for those streets. A little artistic license shall we say....

Hi to all I have completed my virtual video for Shadwell and Little Shadwell Street and a bit of Bath Street for the 1880s. The video itself though is 5mins long and can be seen on my blog post along with photos and an explanation of how I made all the buildings, objects, people etc. It was a...

I I did thank you Lyn, there’s not to many on Shadwell Street but using your thread and the 1880s maps, the Britain from above website and some new and old photos are giving me a good idea of the dimensions and look of the buildings. Some creative license of exact look is required but in...

Hi ! For the that last few months, I have been working on creating a virtual video project for my upcoming blog, I thought I would share a sneak peek with you all! attached are some initial stills of Little Shadwell and Shadwell Street. . I create all the virtual buildings and people myself...

1860s to 1900s period was a very difficult, with the very poor being trodden on all the time. I do find the more research I do into the streets and individuals, I find myself feeling their despair even though its 130 years ago and I am not connected to them at all. Although my ancestry is from...

Hello, my blog on Henry King the Coal Merchant, Cliveland Street and the effects on individuals from smog is finished Link here if anybody would like to read. Thank you once again for help. Andy

another great find thank you. So King Brothers I think started in 1880s between John and George and passed down. I know Henrys son John stayed in the business and became very wealthy. So maybe this was where the route went.

Thats very interesting, at No 42 Henry's mother 'Quilla' moved from Gloucestershire to 42 Cliveland Street in in 1881. I wonder why she moved, but appears Henry was the landlord and helped his mum. Interesting side-story, will have to look into that further. Thank you for that

Thanks Mikejee I know George King in Heneage Street is the brother off Henry. I didn't notice another George King in Oliver Street, so thank. Its becoming a rags to riches story, I believe they are all related. Coal Merchant I think that they owned the land. Just found in BNA George offering...

Oops sorry Mortum, I just replied saying thank you and notice I pressed the report button. What a plonker I am how do I undoo....

Hi, Does anybody have information on The King Family Coal Merchants. A section of a current blog Im working on is of Henry King. In 1881 he lived in Cliveland Street. He was born in Randwick, Gloucester and came to Birmingham in 1861. His mother Quilla (great name) sister and Brother George...

Part two of a rambling walk in 1881 from Lower Tower Street to George Street. If anybody has ancestors in St Mary's, St Stephens or St George Wards, you can find over 12,000 names I have researched into. Also, would be great to hear from anybody if they had an ancestor living in Cecil Street in...

Thank you Mark

A bit of long read but my blog on the causes of overcrowding and the people who found themselves living in "Slumland" in the 1880's and the response to it by the Birmingham Health Committee and Council. This period really fascinates me, and I understand probably the information I write about in...

Hello Richard, I originally used the 1886 & 1909 board of trade and their occupations to the trades for categories, as well Abstract of Labour Statistics 1894/97, Cadburys Sweating and his look into Women's work & Wages , Charles Booth huge volume of works, History of the Corporation of...