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26 Fazeley Street c. 1939
- Thread starter Cathers
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Oh thank you! Do you know how I might find out if this was bombed in the Blitz? We never knew what happened to my great grandmother, I believe she was lodging here and probably died in the bombings.
Hi Lyn,
It was Catherine Linskey, although I believe it was spelled Linski in relation to this address x
Oh thanks so much for looking!
My grandmas memory was always quite sketchy, she was brought up in a convent. She believed her mother had died in the Coventry bombings but I can find no trace of her being in Coventry. I stumbled upon a Catherine linski in birmingham on ancestry uk. I know she was an Irish immigrant and this sounds like the kind of place she would have been living. X
I don't know if you have seen this cutting from may 1940. It may not be her, and has nothing to do with her death, but the name is uncommon
There was a Catherin Linskey listed on the electoral roll at 6 birchfield road in 1945, together with Catherine George and James Smythe. In the 1946 Kellys Catherine George is listed as the occupier.
There was a Catherin Linskey listed on the electoral roll at 6 birchfield road in 1945, together with Catherine George and James Smythe. In the 1946 Kellys Catherine George is listed as the occupier.
thats what i meant mike...looking at caths 39 register she was in fazeley st then coventry in 1940 and by 1945 back in birmingham at birchfield road..
Incidently there is no mention of anyone of that name in the list of coventry victims , both officially listed and , if known, unofficially listed (https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/Blitz-Victims/Index-of-Blitz-Victims-not-on-War-Memorial.html) , though it is thoiught thta there were other unlisted victims
yes everything fits for me cath...she is a widow on the 39 and in the 1940 newspapers she states she is a widow and with such an uncommon name i am putting my money on her being back in birmingham by 1945 living in birchfield road..dont forget you can save those newspaper reports and print them off to keep
lyn
I’ve had a look, I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall with it all to be honest. I can’t find a record for her birth or death. I know she was born Brady and had an older brother called James, was Kewish after her first marriage and Linskey after her second. The Irish records are quite vague
if you cant find a possible death record for her in the uk it could be possible that she did go back to ireland
lyn
MWS
from Bham
Are you sure she was Irish?
As well as the newspaper articles Mike found there appear to be a some from 1937 in which Patrick Lynskey assaulted Catherine's brother, James with a hammer.
In the articles Mike found it mentions that Catherine's brother had died and there is a death for a James Stephen Brady registered Sep qtr 1939, Bham. He appears to have been knocked down by a bus.
If this is her brother, then James and Catherine appear to be the children of Joseph Brady and Mary A Kenny born in Birmingham. Catherine's year of birth was slightly different from what appears on the 1939 register, 1888.
Hi! Thanks so much for looking. I’m 100% sure the hammer incident is them, names, locations and situations all fit.
I’m not so sure about the other links.
I’m fairly sure she was Irish, my grandma said she spoke with such a thick Irish accent she could barely understand her!
I’m currently looking at Bradys from Dublin- the father would be Walter Brady and the mother would be Cath Byrne.
It’s fair to say I’m quite obsessed with all this at the moment. One thing I’m intrigued about- she married her first husband Walter Kewish in 1912, it looks as though he was in the army based in Portsmouth in 1911 and they had two sons together before he died in WW1. How would they have met though?!