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Dear Maz, Thank you very much. All those name crop up in the family tree so I think you/I are on the right track. It'll take me a while to check those resources, but when I have done so I will post again.

Thank you MWS and Pedrocut for your much-appreciated replies. I have spent the entire day digging deeper into this fascinating family. Thomas Bailey’s family tree can be seen at https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/2DTP-8YZ. Most people named below are hyperlinks. If you hover...

Thank you Pedrocut. More reinforcement of the facts.

Thank you so much Pedrocut. I tracked your reference down in Aris's Birmingham Gazette and from that discovered that John Smith and his wife Anna (Anne) nee Bailey baptised their first child Isabella Smith born 18 January 1837, but not baptised until 9 July 1848 at St James The Less' Church...

Can anybody please help with information on Thomas Bailey (1762-1842) steel toy maker and seedsman/gardener of Henry Street, Ashted and later of Ashted Court Row? He was apprenticed to Abel Groves as a toy maker in 1783. He held a mass baptism of some of his children 19 Apr 1814 at Ashted, St...

I have continued my research on the Bacchus family of the Union Glassworks, Dartmouth Street, Birmingham. All documented in the free genealogy website familysearch.com. If you are interested, start with The main main George Bacchus https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KFGY-FD8 and...

Here is my potted history of the Union Glass Works, Dartmouth Street, Birmingham. All of the characters referenced are documented in the free genealogy website www. familysearch.org. Union Glassworks, 3-4 Dartmouth Street, Birmingham 1818 Established as Bacchus, Green & Green (Wrightson’s 1818...

I am working on a potted history of the Union Glassworks in Dartmouth Street. Not the full detail but a schedule of the key dates and the proprietors. It suits me to do this because it involves the Green family and I am already researching the Greens and their involvement at the Etna Glass...

Birchfield House (or just Birchfield) was the family home of glass manufacturer George Joseph Green from at least 1834 to 1841. At the time he was the proprietor of the Union Glassworks in Birmingham. He was apprenticed to his father on 31 December 1805 for seven years when aged 14. His father...

Really helpful, than you for the prompt replies. It all linked together nicely. I have recorded everything on Familysearch.org at https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MVL3-N34 if you are interested.

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 would like to thank everybody who provided so much useful information on the Nash Family of Shipston on Stour, Stourbridge, Birmingham and New York. For anybody interested I have documented the life story at Arthur John Nash.docx. Just click on the filename and it should give you access. I...

Picking up a ten year old thread. Please can you help with information on earlier generations of John Sumner's family? I know that the building of Coleshill Town Hall was completed on 28th November 1925 by John Sumner who had made his fortune through the Typhoo tea brand. I also know that...

The Haden family, and particularly the Haden-Richardson offshoot are famous in the annals of Stourbridge glassmaking. But genealogy aside I think I have the connection you are looking for. Holly Hall Glassworks in Dudley stood about a mile southwest of Dudley town centre, and the glassworks...

I can add some information to your quest. I have documented your putative family at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MH1Z-PT1. If you are unfamiliar with www.familysearch.org it is free. “Your” William Price was born some time before 1798. He married Sarah and had at least two...

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...

Hello, I have another Walthew related question. In the 1851 census Hannah Walthew, widow, (nee Bucknall) is a publican with a very precise address - the corner of Islington and 48 Broad Street, an excellent location for a pub. Can anybody help me with the name of the pub of a list of licensees...

Hi Nicholas, Isn't this forum fantastic. Please can you tell me any more about the Phil Woodward you are researching. He is part of my family but proving difficult to track down, depite his fame at the Kardomah. Jason Ellis