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I'd be grateful if anyone with access to parish records for any Aston or Brum church could kindly let me have details of baptisms of Hawkers (surname, not occupation!) between 1800 and 1840, including parents' names please. NO NEED for baptisms at St Martin's as these have already been kindly...

Hi to you all I've looked at the information that has already been posted about Blundells and althought there is a mention of Thomas Blundell married to Mary Hinton (my 4th great grandfather) the branch he is mentioned against isn't the direct link I am researching. I am interested in his...

I have a relative named Mary Lizzie Middleton b 1873 who was admitted to the orphanage prior to 1881, when she was on the Census, and I believe discharged aged 14. Can anyone help me get hold of the details as I had them once but have been ill since and lost lots of info. Can someone tell me...

Here are two remarkable pictures of the Aston Flint Glass Works as seen about 1810. The proprietors were Brueton and William Gibbins, members of a large and prosperous Birmingham Quaker family. [Source: Emma Gibbins (editor). Records of the Gibbins Family. Birmingham: by Cornish Brothers, 1911.]

Anyone live on Bartons Bank, Aston, Birmingham during 1940-1960's ? Please get in touch. Did you go to Upper Thomas Street School, aged around 75-80 ?? Who are you? see if my Mom remembers you or you remember her or her brothers? Did you know anyone else ? Betty Roberts ? The cartwright's ...

Did anyone out there work ot the Cyclo Gear back in 1950-1960's ??? Seemed as though everone did when I speak to my mom & Dad! Research is on their behalf, they are both in their 70's now. Shout out if you knew them or worked their or maybe your parents/family member worked there? ask them...

Hi looking for some more help! I think I have established that Frederick William Reid was born in 1878 in Aston, but is listed with the surname spelt Reed in the 1891 census. According to the birth certificate his dad is Thomas William Reid and he married a Sarah (Formerly Hallett). In 1881...

I have 3 people, John (died 1 qtr 1878) Elizabeth (died 2 qtr 1878) and baby John (died same time as Elizabeth) Middleton. I cannot find their burials and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction. They hailed originally from Newcastle under Lyme and their surviving daughter, Mary...

Hi :) One of my 'surname interests' for Birmingham is 'Cole;: My great grandmother was Rose Cole. She was born in Leamington, or thereabouts, in around 1885 and lived most of her adult life in Kings Heath. She married George Sarjant from Aston. His sister Lilian married her brother Ernest...

I'm trying to find out more information on A. Stokes & Co, metallic birdcage manufacturers of 75 Legge Street, Gosta Green. They operated from at least as early as 1890 until the 1960s (judging by phone book entries). They were initially run by Alfred Stokes who later took his brother George...

:)A.B.Row whats in a name?When i as a nipper i was told at school that A.B. Row was a victorian quirk with the meeting of Ashted Row coming up from Duddeston and Belmont Row coming up from Vauxhall, both meeting Prospect Row. As i remember it 50 odd years ago there was a wedge of land with a...

There seem to be a number of mentions of Lanes in Aston. I have just started to research my maternal grandmother's family and would be glad of any help. My nan was named Irene, she was born in 1922 and her father's name was Harry - he was a tram driver and was already deceased when my nan got...

Please I am looking for descendents of Sarah Askey (bp.1823 Aston) and her husband Joseph Beck (bp.1819 Aston). Sarah and Joseph were married 12 Dec.1841 St Martin, B/ham I am searching for living descendents of the Askey side. Thanks

Hi I am Angela Preen born and bred in Birmingham now living in Worcestershire. I have co written a couple of books on the Preen Family and belong to the Preen Family History Study Group who hold a meeting once a year to meet other Preens/relatives for a social day. Although I have done...

I am trying to obtain more information on my relative John Hughes, but have seem to hit a dead end to find his parents in Wellington Salop. So I'm backing up in hopes that one of his sons or daughters relatives may help. John Hughes (according to census Born 1830? Wellington Salop) Died...