In a message dated 20/09/2009 09:14:34 GMT Daylight Time, haden.sally@googlemail.com writes: I too thought of Kathleen Dayus but be aware that she wrote just about the industrial slums (and as Ken says, in the Edwardian period, not the Victorian). There were all sorts of people living in all sorts of different conditions - some of them have been written about and some haven't. Hi Carolyn, Birmingham was not just a poor area with many slums it was also the home of wealthy industrialists who had large houses and built churches such as St. Mary's at Selly Oak. Selly Oak was the home of George Richards Elkington who founded the Elkington & Co world famous Silver Plating Company whose business was in the centre of Birmingham.. He sold his house, Woodbrooke at Selly Oak, to George Cadbury who founded Bourneville the chocolate factory and village. Many of the people from Birmingham lived and worked near the silver works in St.Paul's Square and Newhall, which was in the Jewellery Quarter These people founded the Elkington Masonic Lodge. There were Brass bed makers and ornamenters and many other jobs. A lot of Brass Work came from Birmingham although it was one of the top cities for Silver Hallmarking A read of one of the censuses would help you get an idea of the jobs people were employed in, perhaps 1841 or 1851 would help. If one of your relatives is on a census then look at the jobs on their pages and perhaps one or two pages before and after There was a large hospital in Birmingham where many people would have worked as doctors and nurses. One of my relations was a nurse trained by Florence Nightingale and worked in the Birmingham Hospital as a Ward Sister. To understand the way of life there, which was one of England's five biggest cities, you really need to study the history of the area. JUDY ELKINGTON [N. Derbyshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com ELKINGTON@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

I have the following brickwall, Has anyone a connection please or information International Genealogical Index:- William GARNER sex M marriage Spouse Mary Ann EBORALL 23rd April 1835 Coventry, Saint Michael, Warwick many thanks in advance aileen