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  1. bren

    Marriage lookup Please

    Another couple -- Gertrude A/Ernest R Holloway 1st qtr 1929 Birmingham N 6d 616 Gertrude L/Thomas E Forknall 3rd qtr 1929 Birmingham N 6d 1034 bren
  2. bren

    Marriage lookup Please

    There are a possible two -- Gertrude E Harper/Augustus G Wakelam 2nd qtr 1922 Birmingham 6d 745 Gertrude M Harper/Frederick G Jones 4th qtr 1923 Birmingham 6d 632 If you know her midle name it would obviously help bren
  3. bren

    Grave photo required, Witton cemetery

    Hi Steve, i can't promise, i know the location of section 88 so if i get chance in the next few days and it's not raining i will pop in bren
  4. bren

    Cooksey Family--canal people.

    Same family in 1891, has been mis-transcribed -- Name:Ellar Cooksey Age:11 Estimated birth year:abt 1880 Relation: Daughter Father's Name:John Mother's Name:Ellar Gender:Female Where born:Oldbury Civil parish:Oldbury Ecclesiastical parish:Langley Town:Oldbury County/Island:Worcestershire...
  5. bren

    Cooksey Family--canal people.

    Hi Ian, 1881 Census, what do you think -- Name:Ellen Cooksey Age:2 Estimated birth year:abt 1879 Relation: Daughter Fathers Name: John Mothers Name: Ellen Gender: Female Where born: Oldbury, Worcestershire, England Civil parish: Oldbury County/Island:Worcestershire Country:England Street...
  6. bren

    Cooksey Family--canal people.

    Hi Ian Been checking and it looks like the record for that birth is now held -- Superintendent Registrar, Sandwell Register Office, Highfields, High Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8RJ, UK You can order a copy of the birth certificate from here, cost £7:00, tell them you only want...
  7. bren

    Cooksey Family--canal people.

    Hi Ian and welcome to the forum. I looked on the IGI, LDS site, and found this one Ellen Cooksey, Christened 13 May 1879, Oldbury, Worcester Parents : John & Ellen Cooksey. It is odd in the fact that it doesn't state if this is an extracted record or submitted by an LDS member. Oldbury at...
  8. bren

    fancote family

    Birth's -- Raymond Ernest 3rd qtr 1903 King's N 6c 423 Bernard Wilfred 1st qtr 1905 King's N 6c 459 Philip Joseph 2nd qtr 1908 King's N 6c 464 Kathleen Mary 2nd qtr 1910 King's N 6c 436 I also found this death, right age -- Ernest J Banks 39yrs 1st qtr 1915 King's N 6c 130 Might explain...
  9. bren

    fancote family

    Hi susan, i assume you have the 1891 Census, i have just looked and see she was born c1880 Lily Fancote 4th qtr 1880 Birmingham 6d 11 And i assume she is the one married 2nd qtr 1903 Living 26 Spring Rd, Edgbaston Ernest & Lily Banks + 4 children Raymond Ernest 7yr Bernard Wilfred 6yr...
  10. bren

    jelfs

    Possible births -- William Jelfs 3rd qtr 1899 Birmingham 6d 105 Two for Annie -- Annie Cotterell 4th qtr 1899 Birmingham 6d 69 Annie Cotterell 4th qtr 1901 Birmingham 6d 73 Ideally you need to send for the marriage certificate as on there it will have their ages and the names of both their...
  11. bren

    jelfs

    Hi pawpaw, here is the marriage -- William Jelfs/Annie Cotterell 4th qtr 1920 Birmingham 6d 577 bren
  12. bren

    jelfs

    Hi pawpaw, possible birth for you Name:Silas W Jelfs Mother's Maiden Surname:Cotterell Date of Registration:Apr May Jun 1921 Registration district:Birmingham Registration county:Warwickshire Volume Number:6d Page Number:584 As Bernie said, Astonian probably has all the Jelfs in Brum in his...
  13. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    You might find this interesting -- https://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/attleborough/attleboro01.htm bren
  14. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    Births -- Eliza Jane Goodchild 3rd qtr 1862 Aston 6d 222 William Goodchild 3rd qtr 1864 Aston 6d 249 Walter Goodchild 3rd qtr 1867 Aston 6d 254 Charles Goodchild 1st qtr 1870 Aston 6d 267 If you sent for one of the childrens birth certificates it would confirm mothers maiden name, ie...
  15. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    Have been looking for the marriage of James and Ann, i think i may have found it but Marriages Dec 1849 Buckler Elizabeth Nuneaton 16 695 Daft Joseph Nuneaton 16 695 Eglishaw Elizabeth Nuneaton 16 695 Goodchild Jane Nuneaton 16 695 Hextall Hannah Nuneaton 16 695 Kinder Ann Nuneaton 16...
  16. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    Bill, been doing a bit of searching, there was and still is a place called Attleborough in Warwickshire, it is an ancient hamlet by Nuneaton, have found this -- Alfred Goodchild 3rd qtr 1859 Nuneaton 6d 324 bren
  17. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    Hi Bill On that 1871 Census you will find Catherine and Joseph have the same age given, looked at the births but could only find these -- Ann Catherine Goodchild 1st qtr 1851 Birmingham 16 423 Elizabeth Goodchild 1st qtr 1851 Birmingham 16 423 I suspect the birth record has been...
  18. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    It seems to me that Ann, his mother, was back at her birth place when she had Alfred bren
  19. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    Just checked on Genuki, Attleborough is/was in Norfolk. bren
  20. bren

    Goodchild Family in Birmingham

    This could be him in 1871 -- Name:William Goodchild Age:6 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Relation: Son Father's Name: James Mother's Name: Ann Gender: Male Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Civil parish: Aston Town: Deritend County/Island:Warwickshire Country:England...
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