Forum: Staffordshire county-wide forum

:confused: I have obtained a birth certificate of an ancestor which shows that she was born in 1854 in Summerhill, Tipton. Can anyone tell me exactly where in Tipton Summerhill was please? Thank you. Brock.

Does anyone have any old pictures of Coppice Street in Tipton that they might share with me please? I have many ancestors who used to live in Coppice Street & I would love to see what the street looked like to imagine what they saw all around them. Thank you.

I would like to find out any information available about a pub called Freebodies which was in St John's Road in Kates Hill in Dudley back in the 1870's. I believe that an ancestor of mine named Mary Harvey was the licencee there in 1873. If anyone can tell me anything at all about the old pub I...

I hope some one can help me here. I have a John Siddons in my tree. The information given to me is as followed. Christening. 7. april 1776, West Bromwich. Married Phoebe Buffrey, 13 march 1805, All Saints West Bromwich. I have also been given this information: married Sarah Robertson, 21 june...

I'm seeking any living relatives of Eliza Williscroft (nee Pennell) who died 29th May 1936 in Walsall Hospital. I know that her eldest daughter had the married name Henrietta Pearce. Eliza was the second wife of my Great Grandfather, Thomas William Claridge, having previously been married to...

Seeking historical information on the region known as THE HOLLANDS, Biddulph Moor now part of Stoke on Trent.

Have managed to trace my Hill ancestors as far back as William Hill, a miner in Wolverhampton who married Sarah Thomas in 1837 at wolverhampton aged 24 (1813?). He gives his fathers name as John Backhouse and this has left me stumped. I did find a Thomas Hill baptised in Wolverhampton son of...

Can someone please point me in the right direction? A marriage certificate for Charles Holland b 1905, married 1931, residence Newcastle Under Lyme, lists his father as William Holland, farmer (deceased). I have been researching, William Holland, b 1860 in Biddulph and his son Charles b. 1905...

I understand that 36 Coppice Street, Tipton was a former family house which was licenced to be used as a beerhouse. I have learned that a gentleman by the name of John Henry Walker became the licensee there in 1905 & it has been suggested to me that it was possibly members of the Walker family who...

An 1888 marriage certificate - Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Hope - lists the bridegrooms residence as 79 Great York St and the bride's residence as Welsh Harp Farm? inn? Or Lane? Or could it be they both lived at 79 Great York St, Welsh Harp Town. I cannot read the word after Harp......

Help please in deciphering birth location. Census records for Matilda Cox nee Simcock born Staffordshire in 1867 give her birth as follows: 1891 Tunstull 1901 Warsall 1911 Warsley I have a birth certificate for a Matilda born Chell, Tunstull. Matilda is illegitimate. Matilda was...

hi, folks im trying too find a baptism record for a john francis curley born in walsall staffs uk approx 1888 fathers name thomas curley he was a roman catholic any ideas from anyone would be welcomed thanks

Hello all Trying to find my ancestors William and Elizabeth Whatton/Watton. They are in Bilston, Staffs in the 1841 census, and I've found baptism records for three of their children, also in Bilston, but no marriage. It won't be under civil registration as their first child was born in 1804. I...

Hello :) I'm hoping someone may be able to help me as I'm just about broke with all the ordering of certificates and can't look myself as I'm in Australia but I have a bit of a dead end. My 4th great grandparents were married in St Mary's, Handsworth, Staffordshire on the 23rd of August,...

|help| I'm trying to found out why a couple born in Staffordshire in the early 1800s would move to Kirkstall Forge near Leeds shortly after having their first child in 1834. I think it could be something to do with the Iron industry. Can anyone help? Thanks

Richard was born in Market Drayton in 1893, he died in Hanley in 1954. The person who registered the death was a R. Salisbury. The probate was granted to his widow Florence. Richard was married to my grandmother (Laura May Hall) in 1912, they had two children, one died young. I have traced...

Can anyone help? I have hit a brick wall with Thomas STEPHENS b1822. The 1861 Ulverston (Lancashire) Census shows him as a copper miner living at Coniston, being born in Warslow, Staffordshire. The census shows him married to Margaret with five sons. The 1851 Census shows his wife and two of...

Ernest Hale dob 1873 Burton on Trent. Brother of Harry Hale dob1872 Worked as a ships steward . Any information on which ship and any other relatives most welcome. Died Sheffield 1907 possibly railway accident?

I hope I've posted this in the right place (I expect it will be moved if wrong) I was wondering if someone could check the marriage of Dennis Vowles and wife Ann (Morgan): Married: Sep 1857 Holy Trinity West Bromwich. I would like to see if the parents of the bride are mentioned, evt. the...

descendents of John Griffin family living in Lower Street in Newcastle L approx 1862