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Warstone Lane catacombs - Guest family

leslam

Brummie by marriage
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This plaque to the Guest family is located on the bottom tier of the catacombs, on the left-hand side. It commemorates:

Thomas Guest, Snr of Aston, born May 7th 1830, died Dec 18th 1902, buried 23/12, burial ref 59095
Rebecca Guest,
Thomas Guest, architect of this city, born March 2nd 1823, died January 5th 1906
Thomas Guest, died May 17th 1933, aged 69 years

If you have information about this family, please add it to this thread so that we can get a better understanding of the families who are commenrated on the plaques on the catacombs.
 
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1888-1899 Guest Thomas,Architect & surveyor, Cobden blds, Corporation.St & 6A Witton Road ( last is probably private address in 1888, but not clear if so later. Doesn’t seem to be listed in 1891 census)
1900-1905 Guest Thomas,Architect & surveyor, Cobden blds, Corporation. St
1908-1913 Guest Thomas, architect, Cobden buildings, Corporation st. T N 5,938
1921 Guest Thomas,Architect 102 Colmore Row
So the firm continued after him, possibly by a son.
 
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