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I think he was not a very nice person!

That explains the Kenilworth link then... it all seems so trivial!

Yes, he is the one ancestor with a great name, easy to find... even if it appears he was a bit of a 'lad about town!' :o)

Yes, it is... as somebody else pointed out - it says the 'lady of' not the wife of - this birth was of Edith Etheldreda Robinson (her mother was Clara Maria Robinson who was his 'wife' in the 1861 Census, but I've never found a marriage cert for them). Edith was the child born in Kenilworth.

How very fabulous - the address must just have been a 'mates place', I still can't work out why they were there and not in London - I guess I'll never know. Thank you.

Yes, I had her in the 1891 Census but had not found the death a few years later. I think it probably is her. Thank you.

Thank you - I'm not sure it takes me anywhere, but I'll have to look out for the name of Mr Frederick Rayner Esq - one more thing for me to furrow my brow about!

Evening all, I wonder if anyone can throw any light on an address of The Oaklands, Hagley Road, Birmingham and tell me if it was a hospital of any sort or just a private residence - assuming anyone knows of course. I am doing my family history and have a relative from Leicester called Lucy...

I don't recognise them - no reason why I should, but it would have been nice if there had been a marriage or something, but yes, I imagine my ancestors and yours were probably on nodding terms if nothing else! Jo

What was your family name? Mine were Smiths & Ralphs. Jo

I believe him to be the son of Edward & Elizabeth, born in 1794... I'm as sure as I can be. I will make a note of his date of death. Thank you Jo

I agree, although it would be great if it were him as I just don't think him being 100 when he died is probable. Oh well, I'll just keep mooching. Thank you for your help. Jo

I don't think it's him as all the info I can find out about him - assuming that I'm looking at the right man, he is a bricklayer. Jo

MWS - I really don't know about his date of death. I am looking at him on Ancestry and other people interested in the family have him dying in 1894, when he would have been 100yrs old - possible but I think unlikely, there also appears to be no provenance to the 1894 date of death. Your...

Fabulous - thank you! Jo

Thanks for that! I'm thinking that it still isn't my ancestor as I don't know if a man who spent most of his life in Kings Norton, would suddenly be in that neck of the woods at the age of 74. I can't currently find him in the 1861 census - there seems to be a lot of misspelling of the...

Greetings one and all - I've not been here for a while so I hope you are all well. Just a quick question that I didn't know whether to post in the Genealogy section! I am researching some ancestors called Brittle. They appear to have lived mainly in the Kings Norton/Moseley area of Birmingham...

Greetings - as you are a knowledgeable lot, I thought I would post my query here and see what your thoughts were. I want to obtain copies of old wedding photographs to use in connection with my business, which would be used on social media. I don't want anything much before 1930 but cannot...

Aren't the Smiths a real pain to research? Not helped as they usually have a first name like John or in my case William. Good luck with your tree!

A fascinating read, thank you.