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    William Baker, Birmingham Photographer

    Is this the same walter baker who worked at 220 Deritend? I have photos with L&WE Baker names printed on.
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    More date queries

    Thanks to everyones help on the wedding picture I uploaded earlier...not to bog everyone day (or get myself too confused) but here are the other photos we know nothing about. 1. unknown couple 2- have no idea who, when or where this was taken. Image attached to dark green card. No details-...
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    Date query

    Thanks for everyones advice, I'll be looking into it more. Just a few notes, there are no details where this photo was taken- nothing printed even on the back of what seems to be thick care- potentially the photo was originally in a frame as there are markings around the edge of the photo...
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    Date query

    Hi This is the first time I've tried dating photos and wondered if anyone can help. This wedding photograph has no details on it and we can only identify 2 of the people in the photo (although one of the ladies also appears in another photograph we have). If anyone can estimate a date it...
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    Finding living relatives

    We are trying to locate the children of Rose Emily Ladd and Alfred E Ladd who we believe were living in Birmingham. The children were: Joy (1947) Barbara (1949) Margaret (1951) Ann (1952) Alan (1954) We cannot see them on ancestry (but we have some marriage details) has anyone any tips on...
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    Missing person

    Hi Shera Yes Henry (DOB: 1878) did marry, he married Emma Martha Caroline Schulze in 1904. He also worked for the family business at 60 Pershore Street and they had three children- Edward, Frederick and Marie. Emma did go back to Germany for a while with her son Frederick- but not the other...
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    Missing person

    I have hit a dead end in researching a family member named Henry Edward Smith. We have records until 1920 where he was lasted registered on the electoral roll, but no further details of him until his death in 1942 where he was listed as 'no fixed abode'. It was suggested he may have been in...
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    Bruno Schulze Pershore Street German Sausage Skin Maker

    Thank you, I have not seen the original passenger list before and it gives us a bit more information. I am also going to look at the Ellis Island website for them and their children who we know visited frequently.
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    Bruno Schulze Pershore Street German Sausage Skin Maker

    Thanks Suzanne. I knew the family was in Devon at some point, but the address helps us narrow it down. Bruno's wife was Justine. Also I was unaware they had 8 children- the 4 living and the only ones I know of were: Emma, Marie, Frederick and Arthur. I also know Bruno and Justine emigrated...
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    Bruno Schulze Pershore Street German Sausage Skin Maker

    Thanks for that Mike. There are several people listed at 60 Pershore Street, but we know at some point they went on to have their own private addresses so I am a little confused as to whether it was more a factory or something rather than a main home, I don't have any information or pictures...
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    Bruno Schulze Pershore Street German Sausage Skin Maker

    I was wondering if anyone had any information about my great-great grandad who moved here from Germany and set up a sausage skin making business at 60 Pershore Street. My great-great grandad was Bruno Schulze and he remained here until 1914 when he emigrated to America, but some of the family...
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