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  1. ladylinda

    Killed By the Blitz Bombings

    Marriages Mar 1912 Harry Bott married Nellie Mason Birmingham 6d 62
  2. ladylinda

    Cooper Robert and Ellen 3 lower Priory Birmingham

    Re: Robert and Ellen Cooper 3 lower Priory Birmingham possible death of Robert? Deaths Jun 1881 Robert COOPER aged 51 Birmingham 6d 68 an't see Ellen on the following census. She could have remarried,but there are at least 9 marriages of an Ellen Cooper in the following 10 years in...
  3. ladylinda

    duddeston and ashted maps

    I think it was in the vicinity of Angelina Street?
  4. ladylinda

    Key Hill Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions

    Does the following help? 1874 Rose Elizabeth WILLSTROP aged less than 3 months Register no: 17648 Warstone Lane cemetery 1875 Rosanna WILSTROP aged 84 Register no: 18303 Warstone Lane cemetery 1876 Sarah WILSTROP aged 52 Register no: 20382 Warstone Lane cemetery 1883 Letitia WILLSTROP aged 58...
  5. ladylinda

    Roach/Roche?

    1911 James ROACH, Address: 1 Bk 21 River St Birmingham
  6. ladylinda

    Rose Copper Company

    The originally Cornish company, operated in South Wales from c.1780 through to 1797. There is one of these coins in Swansea Museum In 1792 a company was formed by Birmingham businessmen, the Rose Copper Company. Initially it obtained its copper from the Mines Royal Company, subsequently...
  7. ladylinda

    Jiggins Lane

    RG14 PN17883 covers Jiggins Lane RG14PN17883 RG78PN1091 RD383 SD1 ED60 SN32. This ref refers to a Frank Withers who lived at 217 Jiggins Lane I initially looked up Genners Lane and then looked at a random family, then checked the enumeraters list at the top of the image, then picked a name from...
  8. ladylinda

    farley Elsie May

    Re: Lost nan farley One thing to bear in mind with birth registrations in the early 20th century is that some births were never registered, or birth dates adjusted to cover a late registration! Also registration districts and boundaries etc change over the years. Handsworth springs to mind as...
  9. ladylinda

    farley Elsie May

    Re: Lost nan farley In the 1911 census,Elsie's age was given as 3,which then gives a birth year of 1907/1908. Elsie's mother's maiden name was Moore. Marriages Dec 1884 Abraham Farley Aston 6d 508 Rosina Moore Aston 6d 508 I can only see the one birth of an Elsie May...
  10. ladylinda

    Sarah Street, Birmingham B9

    In 1891, Brickyard House was situated there. In 1911 there appears to be even numbers 2 to 34. Number 2 was a social club.
  11. ladylinda

    Bethel

    Ernest is at the same address with the family 10 years later (1911).Occupation of tube drawer. George and Julia state married for 16 years (1895 ish)
  12. ladylinda

    Bethel

    Found the same as above. Looks like George may have "married" again,though I can't find the marriage at the moment! 1901 Address: 8, (Hollies Buildings), Aston Lane, Aston Manor George Bethel 54 born 1847 Birmingham,Pearl Button Turner Julia Bethel,Wife aged 40 born 1861 Derby George A...
  13. ladylinda

    Bassett - (Aston 1800's)

    Post 14 looks like correct family as they were in Alcester St in 1871 1871 Address: Alcester Street 4 Court, House 2, Aston, Birmingham, Ivory worker Henry Hodges, aged 33 born 1838 Warwickshire Maria Hodges, Wife aged 23 born 1848 Warwickshire Harriet P Hodges, Daughter aged 8 born 1863...
  14. ladylinda

    WWII Air Raid Victims

    Hi Cookie273uk This could be the info you need? Eveline Scragg (known as Eveline Mayne), aged 35, died at 5 Clinton Road, Shirley, being killed from the blast from a high explosive delayed action bomb. She was found at 6.30pm on 20th November 1940 and is buried at St James’s church, Shirley...
  15. ladylinda

    Betts, Brinkworth, Buckler

    Laura Matilda married Sidney Grant Edmunds,who was a joiner in the building industry. They lived at 157 Alum Rock Road Saltley Birmingham in 1911 until 1930. 1935 sees them at 709 Alum Rock Road and by 1945 they are at 584 Warwick Road,Acocks Green Marriages Mar 1899 Laura Matilda Brinkworth...
  16. ladylinda

    Betts, Brinkworth, Buckler

    In 1911 Albert and Frances Brinkworth were living with daughter Clara and her husband, Percival Buckler at 18 Wood End Rd, Erdington. Percy and Clara moved to 29 Sycamore Rd by 1920. In 1925 they are living at 3 Alleyne Rd, Erdington and by 1927 at 41 Stoney Lane Balsall Heath. 1930 sees Percy...
  17. ladylinda

    Kings Norton

    1918 Absent Voters List Samuel Charles Kind 107591 Gnr, 70th Co RGA Broadmeadow cottage,Broadmeadow Lane 1919 Absent Voters List Samuel Charles Kind 107591 Gnr, 70th Co RGA Broadmeadow cottage,Broadmeadow Lane
  18. ladylinda

    Kings Norton

    This probably explains it! The Bournville Village Trust came into being in December 1900 and its purpose was to oversee development of the model village for the benefit of the residents. By 1905 315 houses were built. In 1906 a Workers' Housing Co-Operative called Bournville Tenants Limited...
  19. ladylinda

    Kings Norton

    My grandparents lived at 22 Kingsley Road in 1922 and moved over the road to number 11 in 1925,where they remained till their death in the 1980's. We lived at 42. None of our family ever worked for Cadbury's.....grandad was an Area Manager for Singer sewing machine company. He started off as a...
  20. ladylinda

    Can't read Census address. Local knowledge required.

    He was actually John Brown Baldwin? Marriages Jun 1853 Baldwin John Brown Aston 6d 304
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