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  1. bren

    Joseph Cottrell, boat builder

    Could this be Ellen in 1861 -- Name:Ellen Cattrell Age:14 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1847 Relation: Niece Gender:Female Where born:Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Civil parish:Birmingham Ecclesiastical parish:Christchurch County/Island:Warwickshire Country:England Street Address: 3 back of 35...
  2. bren

    Joseph Cottrell, boat builder

    In 1871 he was already re-married -- Name:Joseph Cotterell Age:50 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1821 Relation:Head Spouse's Name:Elizabeth Gender:Male Where born:Norton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, England Civil parish:Birmingham Ecclesiastical parish:St John Town:Birmingham County/Island:Warwickshire...
  3. bren

    Joseph Cottrell, boat builder

    I did a search of the 1861 Census with no luck, tried a manual search for 23 Sheepcote St with no luck but not surprised, this area must have been an enumerators nightmare, a rabbit warren packed in like sardines with addresses like - court b of court b of yard b of passage and then coming out...
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    Joseph Cottrell, boat builder

    1851 Census, how come we all missed this one :dft005: Name:Joseph Cotterill Age:30 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1821 Relation:Head Spouse's Name:Jane Gender:Male Where born:Norton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, England Civil parish:Birmingham Ecclesiastical parish:Christ Church...
  5. bren

    Palmer William Henry

    Yes, i noticed that one, it was Barton Regis which i think came under the Clifton area of Glos' and quite a way from Stow-on-Wold, by the way, nice place, my brother lived there many years ago, not that that helps lol. It could be him, born there and the family moved to Stow when he was too...
  6. bren

    Palmer William Henry

    Do you have his marriage certificate, if so does it give a name for his father bren
  7. bren

    Kingstanding

    Hi Celine Yes, you have remembered it correctly, when you come out of Dormington into Kettlehouse you had the cinema on your right and shops on the left down to the Circle. There are two J&I schools, the nearest would have been Sundridge Rd but not much between Kettlehouse Rd school also...
  8. bren

    Kingstanding

    I know it, my youngest had a mate lived at the top end, so you know the junction of Hurstwood and Capilano, well that is where they built houses straight across Dovedale. I live top end Witton Lodge by Court Lane, i've only been in the area going on 40yrs lol and we must have passed each other...
  9. bren

    Kingstanding

    Hi Miriam You like that site then hehe. I never went to the Mayfair myself but as a child my wife lived in Hurstwood Rd, the old prefab's, and would go most w/ends with her family, my local cinema as a kid was The Odeon Kingstanding and it was 3d for the Satuday morning kids films. The Legion...
  10. bren

    Kingstanding

    Re: kingstanding clinic If you look on G/Earth, the only "old" houses that remain in Dovedale are in the small section between Wendover and Perry Common Rd, all the rest was demolished including the houses in Capilano Rd and any of the concrete houses in all the adjoining roads in that area...
  11. bren

    Kingstanding

    Here are a few to whet you appetite -- The "Kingstanding", now a shopping centre. Perry Common Library, just up from the fire station. The Mayfair picture house by the isolation hospital, both long gone, Warren Farm clinic, now gone, was opposite "The College Arms", now a McD's bren
  12. bren

    Kingstanding

    Just click the link below and feast your eyes on old shots of Kingstanding as it was https://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/search/default_hndlr.asp bren
  13. bren

    Kingstanding

    Hi there, i was born in Dormington Rd, the other end, No17. Was 148 the other side of Wandsworth Rd going up the hill towards Lambeth Rd bren
  14. bren

    Cleaver Kate nee Davis

    Re: Kate Cleaver nee Davis Marriage Certificate: This records (1) the date of the marriage (2) Full name of both bride and groom (3) Their ages, if it says "of full age" it usually meant they was 21yrs or over. (4) Condition, ie – bachelor, spinster, widow etc. (5) Their profession. (6) Home...
  15. bren

    Baptism - Parents names

    Hi aniron Have looked on the IGI, it has the same details you already have except for the parents, it just says John Smith & Emily. I looked in the civil register but couldn't find an entry for Emily Delia Esther Smith, sorry. A few members have the St Martins records on disc, lets hope there...
  16. bren

    Foster Bros home at Four Oaks!

    Yes, i was surprised at the 10yr gap. It was indeed, not unusual for people, for whatever reason, to alter their name and of course they was not as particular as we are these days about keeping track of their age or birthdays. One reason for names is, and i think it still applies these days, you...
  17. bren

    Foster Bros home at Four Oaks!

    Hi Phillipa Just having more info helps with the search and the first thing i have for you is confirmation of Arthur and May -- Arthur W Foster/ Violet M Turner 2nd qtr 1947 Birmingham 9c 1103 So, they wasted no time after the divorce, see what else i can find. bren
  18. bren

    Foster Bros home at Four Oaks!

    What year was the divorce bren
  19. bren

    NABI Family - Birmingham

    Couple of births for you Natalie -- Matthew Zoltan Benko mmn Nabi, 2nd qtr 1983 Bangor 25 0503 Karl Anthony R Tuloch mmn Habi 2nd qtr 1974 Birmingham 32 0040 Have sent you an IM bren
  20. bren

    NABI Family - Birmingham

    Hi Natalie This is probably your g/mothers birth details, like the marriage details it has no middle name, there are two others but with middle names. Alice Gardner mmn Chamberlain, 4th qtr 1914 King's N 6d 225 bren
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