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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Brummies who moved to the USA.
    Maybe that’s what the media says…Ask the folks in Florida, North & South Carolina in the spring. The snow birds come in droves. BTW...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Got it! Elizabeth Smith b1875 married Luciano Pechio, reg. Jun qtr 1895 Aston. Had 3 children Allesandra (reg. Dec 1895 Bham), Violet...
  • Keith R
    Keith R replied to the thread Sorrento Hospital Nursing Home.
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Brummies who moved to the USA.
    A lot of Canadians winter in Florida and other mostly coastal southern states, they are called “Snow Birds” just to confirm your family...
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    Richard Dye reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Brummies who moved to the USA with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Slightly off topic geographically but one of my mother's cousins emigrated to Canada in the 50s and enjoyed a better life than he would...
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    aggie2347 replied to the thread Bournville Works Fire Brigade. (Chief Officers)..
    Posted by Carole Ann Delaney via Bournville Past and Present
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  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Right perhaps she had Alexandra first out of wedlock, then had all the foster children, then married and settled down with Frank Barker...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    No, she had Alfred Henry Foster before she married Frank Barker. Frank and Elizabeth are together at Ronald Road (the address listed...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    So its the second one, to be honest her name Elizabeth Barker and the photo was sourced by family, not ancestry, I assumed Barker was...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to MWS's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The mother of Alfred Henry, Rose (Rosina) and George was Elizabeth Fenton. She married Richard Foster in 1896 and on the 1901 census her...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    The mother of Alfred Henry, Rose (Rosina) and George was Elizabeth Fenton. She married Richard Foster in 1896 and on the 1901 census her...
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    loveday replied to the thread Sorrento Hospital Nursing Home.
    My oldest cousin was born at Sorrento Hospital in 1942 on Xmas Eve in the middle of an air raid! My youngest son was due to be born...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Elizabeth barker had Alexandra perca out of wedlock with John perca. She went on to marry a foster, and had three children, one being...
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    tgm reacted to Diane1947's post in the thread Donations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think I know what I’ve done regarding the donation.I donated before i was linked to bank. Then I linked to bank had second thoughts...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Why do you have an Elizabeth Barker as the mother of Alexandra Perca? Also the wife of Richard Foster and the mother of Alfred Henry...
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