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Thank you, that was so interesting - I hope to get to that level of detail with as many people in my family as I can, I have many snippets & a lot more work to do. I agree that with that amount of work & dedication he fully deserved his status & reputation.

Wow, that's brilliant! I will definitely check that information out. He always went by Alfred Richard & I thought I'd checked out every other possible similar name - clearly I hadn't - there are many similarities for me to follow up. Thanks again. I'll let you know what I find. [please accept my...

Many thanks, that's given me new avenues to check [so sorry for the delay in replying]

I love to read indentures when I find them online. Good for William. Many thanks for the information

Thank you very much for the information, really useful. This gg'f is a mystery, not found on census's 1871~91 or a birth record so I was focussing on his occupations in the hope of tracing him before 1894. I'm trying to imagine being a window cleaner then, assuming only the big houses/factories...

Thanks very much & so sorry for the delay in replying. I've checked them out & it's not him. In 4 years of looking I must have followed almost all the Alfred's b1866c - the only fact I have is when he married he gave his father as also Alfred Richard but I can't find him either. I have a best...

many thanks for your help

I have relatives living in both of these streets but handwriting makes it difficult to work out which is which, can anyone help me figure out where each street is in Brum? [sorry I'm new to the forum so hope I'm doing this correctly]