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Can anybody please help with background information on Thomas Chapman (c1813-1891), Omnibus proprietor of Aston? He is easy enough to track on the censuses etc: 1841 Sherlock Street, Birmingham. Servant in household of a horse dealer, John Adcock 1851 173 Ashted Row, Aston, Car Proprietor 1855...

I am seeking information on William Taylor, Iron founder, 24 August 1816 – 1895. More specifically I am trying to prove or disprove if it was his iron that was used to build Euston station in London. He was born in Birmingham and died in Aston. He married Ann Elizabeth Corbett in 1842 at...

Does anybody have any information on Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908. On the 1851 census he ran the town mill in Shipston on Stour. But on the 1861 census he was "Miller and Wesleyan local preacher" at 81 Henry Street, Duddeston. I have looked at 81 Henry Street on a map on this forum and it...

Does anybody have any information on Joseph Corbett 1793 – 1868. He was a political agitator, prominent anti-corn law agitator and leader of the temperance movement. He kept a Temperance hotel in Paradise Street, Birmingham. I alrady have his obituary in Birmingham Daily Gazette 24 April 1868...

Can anybody help me with Information on the stage career of the entertainer John Brookes in the 1950s. His act included miming some of the big names of his day such as Al Jolson. I don't know his date of birth but he married Dorothy May Southerton in 1950. Dorothy was born in 1918, so it would...

Hello, You wonderful people recently helped me with a Burton ancestor of mine who was a grocer. Now I have another similar request. Jemima Sarah Burton (1846-1927) was twice married. First to Frederick Thomas Walthew then, after he died, to Joseph Luke Reddell (1847-1912) in 1885. From at least...

I would be grateful for any ideas on one of my family tree "brick Walls". Phoebe Joesbury was born 11 February 1842 at 19 Bow Street, Birmingham, one of eight children of Samuel Joesbury and Hannah Lee, all Birmingham born. Phoebe married (I presume she married) John Grayson born 12 April 1843...

Samuel Grayson (1875–1920) was running a coal merchant business in Northwood Street at the time of the 1911 census. Does anybody please know anything about it, or even better have any photos? Looking at maps it seems logical that it would be at the north-east end junction with Livery Street and...

Please could I call upon assistance on a roadblock in my family history. I know a lot about my great-great-grandfather William Burton born 23 Nov 1849, Cheapside, Birmingham. I know that his wife Mary Ann, nee Lees died in childbirth 27 Feb 1879 giving birth to my great-grandfather Joseph...

I need help please. My great-great grandmother Mary Ann Jones (nee Shepherd) worked as a midwife from at least 1883 to 1901 and was connected with the Hockley Provident Dispensary, 360 Farm Street, Hockley. It later became known as the Birmingham Provident Dispensary. Mary Ann lived right next...