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  1. K

    Chelmsley Wood.

    Does anybody know anything about Alcott hall ? My dad says that the cattells used to own it Kath
  2. K

    Courtyards and yards of brum

    my auntie in heneage street
  3. K

    Cattell Road

    does anybody know the origins of cattell road. is it named after a family of cattells as my maiden name is cattell. thanks
  4. K

    Collins Florence

    yes sorry. had minnie certificate today and t is her so thank you all very much. went looking for others but something bothered me, thinks it select marriages when you get four names on it, the other two were mary a bullivant and a guy called wills i think . well im sure i seen the name...
  5. K

    Collins Florence

    i found Charles living with harriet hassell nee spilsbury on electrol roll . thanks
  6. K

    Collins Florence

    just going back to joseph and ann . yes this is right but another twist is that joseph ainsworth was in fact stephen ainsworth/ hainsworth brother 1789. so in fact stephen 1836 father of minnie/ stephen/ walter /eliza/ mary / charles / albert uncle . just need to find out what happened to eliza...
  7. K

    Collins Florence

    wow you guys are amazing. think especially mws has found the missing link. you do not know what this means to the family thank you
  8. K

    Collins Florence

    wow you guys are amazing. think especially mws has found the missing link. you do not know what this eans to the family thank you
  9. K

    Collins Florence

    hi a update i looked up minnie drygurst today and yes i found her and hugh on midland electrol rll . hooray i hear you cry !!!! but i found two!!!!! there is a minnie and james along with a susannah spilsbury and william ensor ( perhaps stephen and a relative of stephen/ minnie mom) they are...
  10. K

    Collins Florence

    thank you all for looking. ive looked at the 1922 and can see no mention of a collins or ensor. ive email the library see what comes of it . thanks so much
  11. K

    Collins Florence

    thank you for this. just wonderibg now who is actually living in 571 moseley street in 1923 and how i can find out
  12. K

    Collins Florence

    thanks for looking. ive just found a passenger list for 1923 and it states that minnie dryhurst sister great barr is stephen next of kin in england . albert was in merchant navy and if you go on find my past you will see his records. eliza and mary are the ones to baffle us now. we have no...
  13. K

    Collins Florence

    thank you for this info..i can not find the marriage of thomas and mary anywhere but saw st phillips church again so will have another look. i am wondering if you could help me with finding stephen other brothers and sisters, the confusing thing is that until we looked in depth at tree our...
  14. K

    Collins Florence

    yes think all above to correct. im trying to find out if stephen 1869 is related to florence collins. on a shipping list for 1923 stephen ensor lists 571 moseley road as his last abode . i looked for 1911 census and found florence there and it was a ywca building. to cut a long story very short...
  15. K

    Collins Florence

    hi i am trying to find out about a florence collins living at 571 moseley road. it would appear that it is ywca on 1911 census. i know that in 1923 my uncle stephen ensor used this address on a shipping list as his last address before going to america. would he have been able to be a client of...
  16. K

    Heneage Street

    thanks . yeah ive seen them after my post thanks kath
  17. K

    Heneage Street

    Thanks fir that .his name is Cattell and would have been Thomas .thanks again kayh
  18. K

    Heneage Street

    three generations of my fathers family lived in the back to back houses in Heneage street Birmingham .. Dad has vivid memories of life there, and at age 93 remembers lots of names. one of them is a Mr Talbot their landlord. I would like to try and find out a little about this man. I.e did he own...
  19. K

    Albert Ensor, Marston Green Cottage Homes

    mws thank youso much have had a look at elisa andthink its is who im am looking for . thank you kath
  20. K

    Albert Ensor, Marston Green Cottage Homes

    thanks thats brilliant. could you possilby send me names of head had a look could not find them, tahnks again kath
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