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I am looking for any relatives of Richard "Dickie" Marson from around the Great Barr Street area of Birmingham. "Dickie" was the singer with the Carlton Dance band.

Thank you for the information about Australian message boards, I don't have Ancestry now, but will try the other one. Thanks for your time and trouble.

Thank you for your reply. Yes he was married twice, and I have just found out he may well have died in 2016,, I am just about to send for the will from probate at Find a will, (I am already registered) but thank you for your time and trouble.

Thank you for your info, I will try the probate record, but I am pretty sure that is the one I was looking for. Thanks for your time and trouble

Thank you Janice, the David Alan seems to be the one I was looking for. I will try the Probate to see if he had any children. Thank you for time and trouble

Thank you Janice, you are correct with your info, that is the same family. I am hoping to eventually make contact with David to see if there is any extension on his side of the family. Thank you for your time and trouble.

This may seem a strange request for a Birmingham Forum, but does anyone know of any message boards in Australia where you may search for lost relatives, any advice welcome. Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of a David Burnett born in 1950 in the Smethwick/Bearwood area, He has a sister Barbara, their fathers name Morris Burnett, Morris was my cousin. David could be the last in the line of Burnett's before our line runs out. It would be good to make contact before...

My father worked at Fisher and Ludlow's in Bradford Street in the 1930s, and when they moved to Warner Street, then to Castle Bromwich. He worked in the press tool try out until 1980, having done 50 years service. But I am sorry, but I don't remember him ever mentioning the Austin Champ, so I am...

Hi Nik, Thank you for your message, I have a photo just the same as that but in black and white. It was taken in 1959 by my wife's relative Alice Whitehouse, who was born there in 1881 as her father, John Whitehouse (My wife's great grandfather) was the landlord at that time, he also had a small...

Thank you Mikejee for taking the time to reply to my query, but unfortunately that photo is not The White Lion Portway. The White Lion Portway stood in its own grounds surrounded by fields, it was about 5 miles from Redditch on the old Alcester Road. But again thank for your trouble.

My wife's great grandfather, John Whitehouse, kept The White Lion Portway in 1881, when it was also a farm. He gave evidence against Moses Shrimpton the poacher who killed the policeman in Weatheroak in 1885, Moses was a frequent drinker in there. In 1977 my wife and I bought a house at Portway...

Sorry I don't understand this message. My inquiry about the Marson family has always been on Surname site, or, am I miss reading this message? Perhaps you could explain please, Thank you anyway.

Thank you Janice

Thank you Janice once again for your help. I will try Stafford record office.

Could anyone tell me how to get a will if I am not on Ancestry. I have tried "Find a will" but this one I think is too early for that site. It is for a Samuel Whitehouse who died on 5th April 1822 in Rowley Regis Blackheath. I have had so much help from people on this forum in the recent past...

Thanks MWS, Just out of interest the Caroline Parsons who married Joseph Whitehouse in 1836 were my wife's 2x great grandparents, and the Maria Parsons you mentioned, was Caroline's sister, she married William Whitehouse in 1830. So, it looks like two brothers married two sisters, & you are...

Thank you Janice

Hi MWS, All the information you have sent me about the Whitehouse's is great and helps me further, and confirms some of what little I had got in my research. pjmburns has confirmed that the Downing's are mentioned in the will of 1852. Thomas was living with his sister Nancy Downing in 1851 in...

Hi again, I do have 1851 census, Thomas living with Nancy Downing, but at that stage I did not know that Nancy was a Whitehouse, the sister of Thomas, until MWS, on this site told me today. That, more or less confirms you are on the right track as Nancy & Thomas are living in Mincing Lane...