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    Barnbys Toy Shop

    I'm looking for information about Barnbys Toy Shop, who owned it and any pictures at all. Thanks
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    Electoral Look up please, Pershore Road

    Thanks once again Mike. We'll go and take a look, will let you know what's there!! ginger
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    Buriels for Sarah Capper Jones and Alice Champken

    Hi Suzanne Thanks for the information, Alice is my Great Aunt formerly Alice Jones, we've finally tracked down where her mum Sarah is buried, we are hopefully going this week, when we are there we may see if we can have a look at the records to see if we can find her buriel, her husband went...
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    Electoral Look up please, Pershore Road

    Hi Mike How confusing it all is, is there any chance of pin pointing my 199 Pershore Road down, at all, as I'm taking my mum over that way as we have know found her GT Grandmother resting place, Lodge Hill so we thought we may try and find this would have been my mum's Aunts house. I had a...
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    Electoral Look up please, Pershore Road

    Hi Mikejee Thanks, on the 1901 census they had a Benjamin Gee Rosa Gee and Annie Jones in that property. gingerninja
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    Electoral Look up please, Pershore Road

    Hi Please could someone have a look at the electoral rolls for 199 Pershore Road, a couple of years before and after 1901. Any information would be gratefully received! Thanks gingerninja.
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    Royal Field Artillery

    Hi Margaret, I'll have look on Ancestry for you some point this evening. gingerninja
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    Lodge Hill Cemetary Communial Graves abt 1909

    I am looking for information at the Communial Graves at Lodge Hill Cemetary around 1909, my Great Great Grandmother is buried there? Any information would be gratefully received! thanks gingerninja
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    Union Street 1900's

    I would like to find a map which pinpoints Union Street around the 1900's on. My Great Great Grandfather, William George Jones, Stonemason had a small lock up shop at no 16 Union Street, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks gingerninja
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    Capper Or Jones Stone Mason, Hope St

    HI William Capper did marry Susan her maiden name was Jones, she was the sister of my Great Great Grandfather Thomas Jones (coastguard), Susan died in at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, I can confirm the date as we have a copy of the death certificate, we believe Sarah and her family, my great...
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    Union Street Smethwick

    I am looking for information ot pictures from about the year 1900, my Great Great Grandfather William George Jones, Stonemason looked as though he owned a small lock up shop at 16 Union Street, I have looked up the 1901 and 1911 census and it is just shown as a lock up shop. Any information...
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    Capper Or Jones Stone Mason, Hope St

    HI am searching to find if a William Capper/Jones owned a Monumental Stone Mason Yards in Hope Street from the late 1800's to early 1900's, he also had a son George whom possible carried on the trade. Any information would be very welcome. Thanks gingerninja
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    Hope Street School Birmingham

    I am trying to find out whereabouts Hope Street School was in or just off Gooch Street it opened about 1880. Thanks gingerninja
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    Hope Street School Birmingham

    Hi, thanks for that will contact them. gingerninja
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    Hope Street School Birmingham

    I am looking for information about Hope Street School, off Gooch Street about the 1890's. If anyone has any information I would be very gratefull. Thanks gingerninja
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    Still searching for GT GT Grandmother and GT Aunt's Buriels.

    Hi Shortie Thanks very much for your offer of help, yes please if you can have a look for me I would be very grateful. Alice Champken was living at Summer Lane when she died, Sarh could be Jones/Capper or Capper Jones. Thanks gingerninja
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    Still searching for GT GT Grandmother and GT Aunt's Buriels.

    Hi, I am still searching for the possible buriels site of My GT Aunt Alice Champken nee Jones died 1910 Summer Lane and a Sarah Jones Capper died 1909 Ashley Street. Any help would be gratefully received. Regards gingerninja
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    Royal Garrison Artillery- George H Capper

    Hi Thanks for the link, will go and have a look. gingerninja
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    Royal Garrison Artillery- George H Capper

    Thanks for all the help given on tracing informtion on my whom I think is my Gt Uncle. If he was serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery, where about would he have been based. His address was Benacre Street Birmingham, he was discharged in 1919. His medal records states Gunner but I have also...
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    Help needed

    Thanks maggieuk Will check it out!!! gingerninja
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