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Hi Jan

Thats great thanks i will check the archives next week.

Thanks Louise

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This may sound like a stupid question my Gt. grandfathers brother i know became a drunk and ended up poor when he died in the 1950's he died in Foresthall Hospital which specialised in down and...

Hi Geoffers and Procat

Thanks for replying i tried the fibis online and came up with nothing and same with the british library. I did not know about the Army records sites. I dont have a...

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I have hit a bit of a brickwall with my gt. grandfather his name is Thomas Henry Gallacher from what i have been told he was born in Scotland but i cant find him and Gallacher is a rather...

Hi Copper

Thankyou so much i have worked out it is Henry Gordon Douse as i found a marriage for Joseph George Bingle and Eliza on IGI. Thankyou again for all your help i can now move forward and...

Hi Andrew and Copper


Thanks for the help i had a look at the scans and all the names have page 306 although Alice Thompson does look like 366 if this is the case does that mean that Minnie was...

Hi Copper

Thanks again i usually buy certs for ancestors direct in my line or who i know a good bit about however Minnie is a bit of mystery to me and i am trying to link her up properly.

I...

Hi Copper

Thanks for that i will order a copy i had a look on free bmd and found her but did not realise that if you clicked on the page no it brings up other people married then thanks for that...

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I am looking for the name of the spouse of a Minnie deVall they married around 1909 i am a bit stuck as i am unsure if this is the right minnie as another married in Dudley about 1911 and...

Hi Finbar

I had not seen that thanks that is excellent it gives me a lot more info and pictures

Thanks Louise

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Sorry I thought I had edited it I posted by accident before giving any detail.
I am looking for info on a ship called the Clan MacQuarrie which was grounded of the coast of Borve Stornoway....

Shipwreck in stornoway

Hi Janet

Thanks for that it is very useful and i really enjoy finding out history about my ancestors. I had a quick search and found a few of my ancestors i will have a more through look.
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Hi Janet

I had found the a2a thing on the stolen lead but the bankruptsy i did not know about how did you find it i am not the most computer literate and i am unsure what google book is.
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Hi Sam

Thanks for that it is interesting to know that Lichfield is also close by as i have some links to there also sometimes it is hard to tell by maps as i have never been to these areas as i...

Hi Thanks everyone

George is in the trade directorys for Dudley in Pigots directory 1835 and Bentleys 1841 i know he was a master hatter and had his own shop but there is no sign of other deValls...

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I have hit a brickwall with my gt. grandfather x5 George deVall I can't find his birth i know he was born in Rugeley he was born around 1786 i have got this from the 1841 census. He was a...

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Thanks for the advice i am stil quite new to this. am ok at searching but i still have to get used to the different spellings.

Louise:)

Hi jan1954

Thanks for that i had found the Samuel on IGI on the census but never thought about the different spelling.

I will have a look thanks
Louise

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My GGGG Grandfather George deVall was born in Rugeley in about 1786 he married a Sarah and moved to Dudley where his son John b.1814 and daughter sarah b. 1833 were born. George was a master...

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Thanks for saying you will mention my gr. grandfather that is really nice of you.
You are right 36 and 38 Clarendon road are semi-detached the picture i have is not to clear as they are...

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My gr.grandfathers name was George Harry deVall it is nice to hear that 2 Vernon rd may still be in the same family and i like the vodka story.

I don't have many of the house numbers i have...

Hi Maximilian

This has been a lot of help i had a wee look and he did build no.2 Vernon rd i also have a picture he seemed to build most of his houses in this area especialy Roton park rd where he...

Hi Maximilian

The houses he mainly built were Victorian and Edwardian villas in the Edgbaston, Winson green and Harborne areas the most common streets he built on were Melville rd, Clarendon rd,...

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Thanks again i am hoping to see quite a bit my gr. grandfather was an architect in Birmingham designing a lot of houses in the Edgbaston area i have photos of some that are still here today...