Thank you Brian and Jan Yes, I had seen some Standleys in the registers of St Peter and St Paul, which as Brian rightly says is the church in Aston, but not Eliza. It is possible that she was born in Ireland though, so it maybe that finding a marriage might be more likely. Best wishes Carol -----Original Message----- From: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BRIAN BLACKWELL Sent: 01 October 2009 10:48 To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B'ham] Miller/Standley Aston juxta Birmingham was not a name for a church, it means the place. Aston (now part of Birmingham) was a community next (juxta) to Birmingham. The church was probably Sts Peter and Paul. Best Wishes Brian Sechelt. BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil & Jan Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Miller/Standley > Hello Carol, > A number of my relatives born in the area around > this > time were baptised/married at Aston juxta Birmingham. I'm not sure whether > this is the only name this church is known by but appears as such on Hugh > Wallis's Batch Numbers website and on the IGI. > > Best of luck, > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Thomas" <carolthomas2@googlemail.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:46 PM > Subject: [B'ham] Miller/Standley > > >>I have recently discovered that my greatgreatgrandfather, James >>Miller, >>was >> born in Birmingham, and am hoping for some advice about how to trace his >> birth/baptism and possibly that of his wife, Eliza Standley. >> >> He appears on the 1851 census for Rhosymedre, which is near Ruabon, >> North Wales, and is a tinman, aged 46, born Birmingham. His wife is >> Eliza, aged 35, born Roscommon, Ireland. >> >> The 1841 census for this area is missing, so I don't know when they >> would have moved to Wales, except that it had to be before April 1844 >> as his son James was born in Rhosymedre then. >> >> In subsequent censuses, up to his death in 1875, he was described as >> a >> tin >> plate worker, and on his death certificate a master tin man. Eliza >> variously gives her place of birth as Roscommon, Birmingham and >> Sheffield. >> James is listed in a couple of trade directories as a tin plate worker >> and >> umbrella maker. >> >>>From his age on the various censuses, and on his death certificate, I >>>think >> he was born between 1800 and 1805. I have looked at the parish >> registers for St Philip's, St Martin's and St Peter and St Paul's >> (Aston), St Paul's in the Jewellery quarter, and St Mary's, Whittall >> Street for likely baptisms, but couldn't find any Millers at all. I >> would be extremely grateful for any suggestions about which other >> churches might have been in >> existence in the locality at the time - or any ideas at all really about >> how >> to find out a bit more. I haven't looked for their marriage yet, other >> than >> on the IGI which didn't yield anything obvious. >> >> Best wishes >> Carol >> >> _____________________________________________ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message