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Mikejee, Thank you very much. Sorry to be pedantic, but what year is the Piggot's directory entry for Joseph Burton? Jason

Hi Mikjee (or anybody else who may be able to help). From the excellent information you provided I can now speculate that the "provision shop" at 45 Barn Street, Deritend was probably started by Carey Burton's father, Joseph Burton in about 1835 (based upon the "carried on for 43 years"). He...

All sorts of factors apply: *1841 census only gives DOB to nearest five years. *Illiteracy means that some 19th C people wouldn't even know their birth date with certainty, particularly if they were orphaned. *The officiant at a baptism would do his best but could only work with what he was...

Hello, The family is well documented at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD2Z-YHX (although you probably already know that). I have tidied up some of the place names, but generally the documentation of the family is good. Jason

Thank you Janice, that is clearly it. A bit of social history emerges, probably solely due to the male/female hegemony of the era. The 1911 census clearly shows her husband as shopkeeper (grocer) and ascribes no trade to Jemima Sarah. To be the person listed in the 1912 trade directory proves...

Fantastic. Thank you brummy-lad for the almost instantaneous response. Contrasting that with Google maps makes it clear that the original building has gone (although the plot remains same size and shape). But the remaining building on the corner of Cattels Grove is obviously of the era. It's...

Hello, You wonderful people recently helped me with a Burton ancestor of mine who was a grocer. Now I have another similar request. Jemima Sarah Burton (1846-1927) was twice married. First to Frederick Thomas Walthew then, after he died, to Joseph Luke Reddell (1847-1912) in 1885. From at least...

What a phenomenal piece of work. Thank you very much

And here is Oslers' glass fountain at the 1851 Great Exhibition (with the "crystal" of the Crystal Palace made by Chances.

John Harrington is my 3rd gt grandfather so we must be related! John Harrington was a glassmaker. His constantly changing abode reflects the tenuous employment situation of a Victorian glassmaker. Heneage Street, Aston, Dartmouth Street, Birmingham, Dudley, Oldswinford and later Wollaston. All...

And here is a picture of the Aston Flint Glassworks of Gibbins & Hinton in 1818.

In addition to the trade directory excepts provided a couple of years ago I offer the following summary of glassworks in and around Birmingham. I have deliberately omitted the Stourbridge and Dudley glassworks because that's a completly different story and place. However, there was significant...

Thank you so much for trying. It confirms what I thought. Your voluntary work for me and this forum is truly appreciated.

I would be grateful for any ideas on one of my family tree "brick Walls". Phoebe Joesbury was born 11 February 1842 at 19 Bow Street, Birmingham, one of eight children of Samuel Joesbury and Hannah Lee, all Birmingham born. Phoebe married (I presume she married) John Grayson born 12 April 1843...

My great-grandfather Joseph Alexander Burton (1879-1928), a brassfounder's polisher, lived at 9 Bridge Street West from about 1911 to 1928 (when he wasn't at war) and it is where he died. Any information on Joseph or photographs of No 9. would be gratefully received. Jason

That might be Stamber Mill, rather than Stamber Mile (although Stambermill is in Worcestershire, not Warwickshire). Stambermill is the earliest attested place in the parish of Oldswinford with a record in Court Rolls from 1271. Nowadays it is known for where the mighty ten-arch Stambermill...

I am looking for information on Charles Cleal Hopkins (1869-1942). At the time of the 1891 census he resided at Clifford Street, St Silas, Aston with an occupation of Jem [Gem] seller. Family tradition has it that he won royal commissions including setting a stone in the crown of Queen Mary. By...

I believe the Kardomah in New Street was owned by the brothers Tony and Phil Woodward during the 1960s. I also believe that one of them was a DJ. If anybody has any information about Anthony Woodward or Philip Woodward I would be delighted her hear about it. Jason

It was intended as an offer to Stephen, but unfortunately I can't help with Hadleys. This thread is getting as confusing as a typical family history! Jason

If you wish to map out the name from the latest will with as many dates and relationships as possible I will be pleased to compare them to the Greens I know about. Sometimes ruling a family out is as important as claiming them as your own.