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Hi Shera, i know this is a long time since the first posting, but I did a bit more research since them. I don't know if this would be the correct Henry Davis, but I have not much to go on. In all the censuses from 1851 to 1881 I have found him as Henry Davis, but in 1841 he is a Davies. in...

Hi all, my mum has recently emailed me and told me that her aunt worked at Heaton and Dugards in Brum. She was a shorthand typist. my mum thought that the factory was a brass fitters/founders, but she may have got this wrong. Julia

hi Donna, I haven't any info for you, but I think it isi quite intersting to realise that my relatives must have lived in the same back to backs as Uriah and his family. my ancestors the Halls (Caesar being head of the household) also lived at 35 Icknield square according to the 1861 and 1871...

Hi Mabz, Thanks for that. I think Wheeler street looks as I would have expected. Eventhough I realise they removed these buildings as part of slum clearance, sadly I think it looked better then than it does now or am I just being nostalgic. or at least it looked as if the area had a bit more...

hi, i just wondered if anyone hs old photos of wheeler street,before it was knocked down and rebuilt. I had ancestors living there in 1881 Davis family and the Hall family in1901. I thought it would be interesting to get some idea of what sort of housing they lived in... not great I suspect...

hi there, I also had some relatives back in 1861 living as a family in the warwick union workhouse (father of family had died) . The family name was Lively. I agree that those websites seem to have lost their link, but you can find a bit of info if you google warwick workhouse. It was situated...

Hi Keeley, I don'tknow if this is of any use to you, but there are some Hydons in my family tree on my mum's side. They mainly came from the Warwick area. My great Grandmother did move to Birmingham (Eliza Hydon born in 1877 - 1970) and married Alfred Webb. Her brothers and sisters were...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the quick replies to my queries. I think the surname is definately Davis and not Davies as this is my mum's maiden name. Also I am doubtful about christenings as my mum thinks that Harry her father had come from a family which had probably Jewish roots. She thinks...

Hi, Im a new member and im interested to find out if anyone has any useful leads about the Davis family. My mother's maiden name is Davis, but she has very limited info about her father's side of the family. According to my research so far I think we were related to, Henry Davis was born...