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Could someone kindly have a look for these two marriages please.. Isaac Sargant to Dorothy Heeley 31.7.1754 and Isaac Sargant to Anne Knight 28.11.1771, would like to know who the witness's were please, I can't get the library at the moment to view the fiches, many thanks Claire :)

Many thanks for that Brumgum, it'll be useful for when i go back, i'll see if i get anything from Handsworth in the mean time to narrow it down, but i have a good idea where to look now thank you, Claire :)

Can someone tell me how big is Warstone Cemetary, I went to what i believed was the cemetary a few months ago, but it seemed very small and the graves were very old in the part i was in, I was looking for my Gt Grandfather William's grave as i know he is buried there in the late 1930's, I have...

Great pics dolphie, my Gt Gt grandparents were married in this church, so it's nice for me to see them, I'll be taking a copy if you don't mind, Claire :)

Thanks Beamish I was a few years out, hard to tell ages really by looking at them, but i did think maybe he was 5 ish maybe a bit older in the pic, it is so hard to tell really isn't it. Being so old and copper it's obviously tarnished over the years, so the background isn't very clear...

He was born about 1880, guessing on the age in the pic i assume he's only young other half, so it owuld fit then that it was him, he bears an uncanny resemblance to me as a child, altho mom did say everyone commented on that haha Thanks Jayell, I got lucky and found one of my Nan's (his...

This is a picture of I believe my Gt Grandfather William as a boy taken about 1883, it's on a copper/brass? plate so maybe someone can tell me for sure what period it was. Love his long blonde curls, Claire :)

Re: Family search from 1800s Hi and welcome, what information are you looking for? Do you have any parent's for them or years of births? Claire :)

Some great stories here, both happy and sad, could i ask if any of the lads who were placed here remember Norman (red hair nickname Tiger) and Gordon (known as Tommy) Handley at all, if you do, could you please IM me, many thanks Claire

Many thanks Rowan :)

Does it give an occupation for John Snr on the marriage certificate? Not sure this is the one you want but there is a marriage in Birmingham Sept Quarter 1899 for a John Knowles to an Annie Hadley, in 1901 they are living Heath Street it looks like, no children and John is in the Coal Trade...

Does anyone know if they exist, where records for children who were placed in this Orphange are kept? I'm trying to help a distant relation who lives in Kent, her father and his brother were placed there in the 1940's, thier sister wasn't but was adopted out, not sure if she knew so not sure...

I have Joseph Hollis born 1891 to Joseph Holis and Eliza Atkins ... Brothers & Sisters Benjamin 1885, Florence 1886, Ada 1888, Lizzie 1890, William 1892, Arthur 1893, Jane 1894, Frederick 1896, Albert 1898, Bernard 1900 Joseph Hollis Sr was born to Benjamin Hollis and Jane Lissaman...

That seems to match with what i have, if you can find out more info later on, as the Joseph i have is the brother to Florence Hollis who married Thomas Price and had Arthur born Aston who married my Aunt, they lived at Lord Road according to the Marriage Certificate, I have a little info on them...

Can i just ask who your Joseph's parents were and what year he was born please? I have a Joseph Hollis in my Aunts Husbands side born 1891 to a Joseph and Eliza, Claire

My Grandad worked for Midland Dairies for many a year and threw the 50's, he had to retire due to ill health tho, he loved it, and used to help out his customers if they were stuck or needed anything. Think his round was Shard End way i'll have to check.

Hi Baron, i am not sure what the number was, I will give my aunt a ring later and see what she remembers, she's in Devon now, i'm not sure my mom would remember the number, my Nan and aunts lived there for some time tho. Grandad Isaac was a bit of a character, so he'd be remebered, him and Uncle...

My Gt Nan and Grandad lived in Tower Road Rose and Isaac Sargent, next door to them lived her sister Dora and her husband Samuel Hanson, and then my Gt Nan's daughter my aunty Rosie moved there too after she married with her husband Tommy Wells, It was around the 40's/50's so if anyone remembers...

Re: Martha Chadwick Hi Bojalu, many thanks for finding that.. looks like they lived there quite a while, will see if this address rings any bells with any family members, I have just made contact with one of her sons grandkids, so we are slowly together trying to piece it all together :)

There is a marriage for a Harriet Grainger to a Willaim Beddard in Dudley for 1862 would this be his parents marriage?