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I am searching for information on Alicia Mary Williams, however, her name might also be Alice May Williams. She married John Ernest Young around the late 1930s and they had a daughter named Diane in 1943. At this time they were living in Membury Road. I am looking for Alicia/Alice and...
William Davis was born in Birmingham. It is likely he married Ann Smith at St Philips on 2 Dec 1831. At each census they both record their ages as 40, 50, 60, 70 before their demise. William had a son John born 1833 in Birmingham. Then the family move to Sheffield, from where my father...
On Wendy's Old Swan thread ( https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/the-old-swan.8314/) , she posted a splendid 1896 picture of "The Old Swan" in Sutton Coldfield, with Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (BVGS) looming above and behind. Since BVGS was "my" school for nearly four...
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I'm seeking more information on this family and suggested sources to research. Can anyone help?
Known children re IGI C041794
Mary Ann BEDFORD, bc. 1807; bp. 17 Aug 1807 St Phillips, Birmingham, WAR.
John BEDFORD, b. 2 Feb 1809; 2 May 1809 St Phillips, Birmingham, WAR...