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Hi, mystery solved! It wasn't Annie's dad who married twice - it was her husband's father Gregory Perkins senior, also a carpenter, living at 92 Heneage Street. His first wife Jane died in her 40's - hence Annie looking after her siblings. A few years later - when he was 56 - Gregory senior...

Thanks, the Howell family who rented No 58 came from.Arundel. John Henry Howell was a military tailor there during the late 19th century wars, but there was less demand for elaborate uniforms after that and it seems the business failed. They moved to Birmingham round about 1901 so.must have...

Does anybody know when the terraced houses in Harman Road, Erdington, were built? I seem to remember that the addresses were split down the middle at some point, 'Sutton Coldfield' was even numbers and the odd numbers were 'Erdington'. I had aunts who lived there at No 58 - rented it probably...

One more mystery. If Annie Elizabeth married in 1897, she would have been around 27, and a mother three years later. She didn't work when they were in Hunton Rd - she employed a woman , a Mrs Bourne , who did the 'rough work' in the house - although the family said Annie was often dissatisfied...

Thanks for this! A Jim Perkins - some distant cousin, probably- contacted my dad Leslie back in the 1980s for information about a 'family tree' he was compiling. Dad met up with him but wasn't able to help much. Jim P sent him some photos of the house in Aston with my dad as an infant around 2...

They certainly moved out of Aston and rarely referred to having lived there. I imagine they initially rented No 40 and bought No 90 - saved up, probably. Then when all the Hazel sons married and were bought houses around the 1920's. In those days, the daughters didnt get the same treatment...

Thanks for this - I didnt realise they'd lived in another part of Hunton Road before buying and living at 90. They.must have bought 92 in 1927 when their son got married. Much appreciated!

Really interesting information, thanks. Annie sometimes referred to a sister - possibly a half sister. I think her father Edward was married and widowed prior to his marriage to Annie's mother. This sister was only mentioned in 'hushed tones' and appears to have been involved in a scandal with...

Thanks for letting me know- yes, 1890s - edited it now!

Sorry, yes, Annie Elizabeth Watkins

Annie Watkins would have been living in Heneage Street, Aston around the 1890's. She married Gregory Perkins and moved to Hunton Rd Erdijgton. She was my grandma - d 1962 aged 90. Her son Leslie was my dad, born 1900. I believe she came from.a large family and possibly was a fruit and veg seller...