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Hello Janice, I do now have his father's name from his marriage certificate. John Brookes, born about 1927, married Dorothy May Southerton, a widow, nee Ellis (my aunt) 23 December 1950 in Birmingham. His address at the time was 130 Malmesbury Road, Small Heath and his occupation was glass...

Thank you MWS. That is consistent on several levels: 1. His name was John Brookes with an "e". That was just careless on my part. 2. Dorothy May Ellis first married Henry (Harry) Wilfred Southerton in 1936, but he died in 1948. Dorothy May then remarried to John Brookes in 1950. 3. It is not...

Can anybody help me with Information on the stage career of the entertainer John Brookes in the 1950s. His act included miming some of the big names of his day such as Al Jolson. I don't know his date of birth but he married Dorothy May Southerton in 1950. Dorothy was born in 1918, so it would...

Hi Sue, I have found some photographs of my parents Geoff and Audrey Ellis at their Fish & Chip Shop, 159 Station Road, Stetchford taken 21 May 1963. Look at those prices: cod 1s 2d, plaice 1s 3d. Pies from Telfers and Fleur de Lys

Thanks mikejee, as always. I suppose it is too much to hope that there may be a photograph somewhere. Not 1840s/1850s obviously, but late Victorian/early 20thC. I have done a generic google search and found nothing (except the unrelated but fascinating Woodman next to the Curzon Street railway...

Thank you yet again Janice for providing wonderful information so rapidly

William Littlewood (1799-1852) lived at Cottage Lane, Ladywood, Birmingham from about 1831 until his death in 1852. He is listed as a licensed victualler of the same address on the 1841 and 1851 censuses. MikeJee's map has helped me identify the road. Could anybody please identify what the name...

Hello, Thank you for sharing that with me. How nice to hear from you. I continue to investigate the Woodward family tree.

Does anybody know if some Chad Valley toys cars had a bonnet mascot of ZEZ inside a circle.

Hi Lyn, I ordered every available certificate. They were of course informative, but they have not solved my riddle. It remains as follows. It all starts with a 151-year-old family heirloom, the original 1871 marriage certificate of William Burton and Mary Ann Lees which I possess. It names...

Hi Judy, I regret to say that I do not believe that "your" Francis Silvers is related to the Silvers family, glassmakers of Moor Lane Glassworks, Brierley Hill. I have carefully reviewed both families and updated everything in www.familysearch. org. Both family trees appear reliable, but they...

Hi Judy, please send me some key dates for Francis Silvers or even better a pointer to a census record which I presume is how you have located him. I should then be easily able to map him into the rest of the Silvers family which I already have comprehensively documented. This of course assumes...

Hi Judy, I managed to do this before going on holiday by merging my earlier notes with the articles kindly provided by MikeJee. Park Glass Works, Spring Hill Birmingham The Park Glass Works was possibly the first full-scale glassworks to be built in Birmingham and is therefore of great...

Hello Judy, I will reply in two halves. This half concern the Silvers family. The Silvers family was immensely important in the glassmaking firm of Stevens and Williams, later Royal Brierley Crystal of Brierley Hill. But as I am sure you are aware, Brierley Hill certainly isn't Birmingham. If...

Mikejee, That is so kind of you to do that and so promptly as well. Your effort is truly appreciated. Jason

Could somebody please oblige me with some further trade directory look-ups: John Burton between about 1828 and 1890, Bill Poster and Periodical Dealer, Locksmith and Bill Poster. Of Temple Street, Hill Street, Cheapside, Pinfold Street, Church Street, Northwood Street and Newhall Street...

Totally understand about the defenrential syle of the perdiod. I joined a black country firm as IT manager in about 1980. My newly acquired team insisted upon calling me "Mr Ellis'. I said, "oh no, please call me Jason". The head of my newly acquired departnent replied, "of course Mr Jason"

Hello again, I am still trying to decipher this family history conundrum and I am now attacking it from the angle of trades. On the 1881 census for William Burton is shown at 42 Hanley Street, Birmingham with a trade of "Packer FL". Any idea what FL may signify? His trade at other times are...

Thank you again