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Hi Sylvia. My 3xg grandfather was born around the same time in Birmingham according to his army records. He was a sergeant in the 40th regiment of Foot. I found this out from his children´s baptism records. Men were not necessarily recruited to regiments near where they lived. The Army sent...

Thanks Lyn. I know where the memorial garden was put. Whether it´s still there is another matter. All the family attended the memorial service when it was opened & I still have the order of service from the event. We were assured by Centro that if we agreed to the graves being moved, the...

My Great grandparents are both buried in paupers graves in Key Hill. When some of the graves were moved to make way for the Metro, my great grandmother, 2 of her sons, a daughter in law & 1 of her grandsons were all moved in spite of vigorous protests from the families. They are now recorded on...

You could try St Thomas in Bath Row. It was bombed during the war, so there have been no burials there for many years, but I believe B´ham Archives have either the burial records or the monumental inscriptions. King Edward Street would almost certainly have been in the parish.

Have been looking for nearly 20 years for a marriage between John Crowder & Frances Parker. Gold star for anyone who can find it. John Crowder was born in Birmingham 2.5.1817 & bapt at St Martin 25.9.1817. Frances Parker was born 24.12.1816. Their eldest child was born 1836/7. Have the cert for...

We lived with my Gran until I was 5 & she had charge of me most of the day. One of her favourites was "Doncha run in the orseroad

Thank you Lady Linda. Will look into that. It´s such an unusual name, there must be a connection.

My grandfather´s sister Emma Davis married Alfred Goodwin Zouch 1 Aug 1914. They appear to have just had 1 child, a son also called Alfred Goodwin Zouch b31.8.1917. He married twice & had 3 children, all sons. Alf jnr died 1999 in Torquay. There seems to be two families of Zouches, all with...