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    Howell

    shera we are a little confused on charles marriage certificate his occupation is down as steel toy grinder and his fathers is as a confectioner the address is down as darwin street could this be the same charles howell as yours?walshy
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    Howell

    my gggrandfather was a howell.his name was charles ,his father was john howell unfortunately we dont know his mothers name but they were from the birmingham area.john married emily jane chinn in 1867 and they had a daughter selina.walshy
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    baptism look up

    thanks for looking shera your a star we will just keep looking for them hopefully we will find them soon walshy:sleepy:
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    baptism look up

    was wondering if some kind person could do a baptism look up for st martins for the following william henry wright 1901 harold wright 1904 alfred wright 1907 parents were robert wright and selina wright nee howell any bit of information would be grately:) appriciated running out of ideas as to...
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    chinn of darwin street

    sorry to hear about your operation hope your on the mend now:)my gg grandmother was emily chinn her father was joseph born abt 1819 and her mother was elizabeth born abt 1821 unfortunately we dont know her maiden name but both parents were born in birmingham.emily was the only girl of 10...
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy hi everyone:)just thought i would let you know we applied to view certain files from monyhull to see if we can find anything out about uncle willy.we have now been given permission to view certain material after a very long wait:rolleyes:.we are going to the libary on...
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    Balsall Heath.

    christina my mom went to the sunday school in the tin tac hut ,she was born in 1946 her name is hazel wright did you know her?
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy thanks bren we really appriciate all that you have done for us :)we know most of Williams family lived until they were quite old.his mom Selina died when she was 76 , his father Robert was 88, brother Harold was 67 ,brother George was 75 and his sister Elsie was 87. walshy
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy hi everyone,Marlene i was wondering wether there was an address for Emily Jones who married A G Russell in 1875 as there is a good chance this is my GGGrandmother or if you know in which parish the wedding took place thanks walshy:)
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy thanks Bren your a star:)Elsie continued to go and see her brother William Henry Wright as far as we know until the late 1960s early 1970s.Elsie died in may 1983 but we think as she got older she stopped visiting William because of ill health as she never mentioned to any...
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy the address on the 1901 cencus was william edward street court 3 1 house when william would of been put into monyhull they could of been living at 12 the sycamores stanhope street or 71 conybere street.bren where did you find your information from?it is right but on the...
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy thanks marlene,we have all the relevant dates for our grandparents and aunt and uncles(willys parents and siblings)we have filled in a form with birmingham central libary who have submitted this to the relevant people asking if we can have permission to look through any of...
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    Wright great uncle willy

    Re: great uncle willy hi marlene:)uncle willy is on the 1901 cencus with his family and he was 6 weeks old.his father was robert wright,mother selina wright nee howell his only sister was elsie may brothers robert,harold george and we think there was another brother called alf.as far as we know...
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    Wright great uncle willy

    hello to everyone who reads this post ,i really need some help.we are trying to find anything out about our great uncle william wright who was put into monyhull from a young age.we are trying to find out when he died but dont know where to start looking to try and get this information.we are...
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    Wright Elsie May

    Re: help thanks chris your a star hope this is my elsie may im looking for theres a good chance it is:)
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    Wright Elsie May

    hi everyone was wondering if anyone could help me im trying to find the death of my great aunt elsie:)unfortunately none of the older generation of the family can remember the exact year she died :(but think it was between 1985-1990.elsie may wright was born 6th may 1895 in birmingham to robert...
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    yardley cemetry

    hi everyone we found out today my gggran is buried at yardley cemetry in a private family grave but she is on her own.:(does anyone know how long you own a grave for? in some cemetries it is 80 years.we are a little worried incase they can start to rebury here soon as my gggran was buried in...
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    conybere street

    hi everyone:)does anyone have any maps of conybere street,gooch st and surrounding area from the 1940s or can anyone suggest where i can get one from?my mom grew up here and it would be lovely to see where all the streets were that she talks about thanks
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    yardley cemetry

    hi everyone we found out today where our gnan was buried.it was yardley cemetry although were glad to know where she is we found out she is in a public grave which is a little upsetting we thought once we found our gnan we would find our ggranddad unfortunately not.but we will keep looking for...
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    family burials

    hi everyone was wondering if anyone could help me. if my ggreat-grandparents were living in the parish of st albans highgate when they died in the 1940s which cemetry would of been the nearest for them to be buried in? walshy:)
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