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    Aldridge School for Young Ladies AKA Cedar Court

    The Aldridge School for Young Ladies AKA Cedar Court was owned and operated by Hannah and William Allport from around 1790 to the mid 1820s. They had up to 50 children each year and offered a wide range of subjects. I am researching the life of one girl Mary Morton Chapman who married Joseph...
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    Allport

    Hi, I live in Hobart Tasmania and am writing a biography of Mary Morton Allport who married Joseph Allport at Aldridge in 1826 and travelled to Tasmania in 1831. I am writing so see if there are any Allport families still living in or around Birmingham who may be descended from Joseph's family...
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    John Betts (1776 – 1864)

    Hi Everyone, I am researching Mary Morton Allport nee Chapman who was born in 1806 in Birmingham and went to school at Cedar Court in Aldridge and married Joseph Allport. They went to Tasmania in 1831 with their close friends including Alfred Betts who was only just 18 at the time. His father...
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    Mary Morton Chapman

    Hi Everyone, I live in Hobart Tasmania and I am researching for a book about Mary Morton Chapman born in Birmingham 17 May 1806. Her parents were William and Anne Floyd, nee Evett. I know she had one sibling Humphrey Evett Chapman who Died 20th July 1843 accident at sea aged 30 on the Ann...
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