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This is the best i could find in 1861 Census --
Name:James Shakespeare
Age:23
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1838
Relation:Head
Spouse's name:Ellen
Gender:Male
Where born:Balsall, Warwickshire, England
Civil parish:Hampton in Arden
County/Island:Warwickshire
Country:England
Street address...
Hi lorraineb
Have looked on IGI and the marriage is there but parents names not listed or that of any witnesses. If you sent for the certificate you would at least have the fathers names and those of the witnesses
James Shakespeare/Ellen Carter 3rd qtr 1858 Birmingham 6d 103
bren
Hi Barbara
Civil registration was started in 1837, prior to this the church was required to record all birth's, marriage's and death's, it had been this way since 1538. Henry VIII was on the throne when the Church of England was established in 1534 so i suppose it's him we have to thank for...
For those of us that do lookups this can be a right nightmare and i think it is down to the fact that there are no hard and fast rules, it is completely down to the womans own choice. If she gets divorced and hates the blokes guts she will more than likely use her maiden name but then she might...
Re: Marriage Look up
Sorry Shera, i meant to reply to this sooner, this was discussed on another forum i use and one of the members was saying, yes the LDS site is a large one but cannot accomodate all their records at one time so they rotate sections and that is why you can find certain...
Re: Ernest moore
ASTON
St James, St Peter & St Paul (Aston-juxta-Birmingham)
DUDDESTON
St Anne, St Matthew
ERDINGTON
St Barnabas
LADYWOOD
St John , St Margaret
Here are some but all the info you are asking for will be on the certificate
bren
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Re: Martha Taylor and George James Davies
I see Shera has already said what was my first thoughts, perhaps her husband to be didn't want to take on the responsibility of her son or she just hid the fact he existed and that's why he was put into care.
It seems you know who her father was, his...
Re: Frederick Kendall
This is the only Edwin Kendall i found on the 1901 Census in Brum and about the right age to fit the 1905 marriage --
Name:Edwin Kendall
Age:18
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1883
Relation:Son
Father's Name:William
Mother's Name:Elizabeth
Gender:Male
Where born:Birmingham...
Hi Katie
I have started a thread in "Surname Interests" for you, just click the link below
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?p=211990#post211990
bren