St Andrew's Street crosses the Canal near Saltley Docks, the centre of canal transport. Could the "Railway Mission " be the equivalent of a Seaman's Mission, for canalboat workers? On the Norfolk/Cambs marshes they used to have floating churches - "Missions". Could this be something like that, a church for travelling families? A search of church sources might help. Hope this is useful John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Halstead" <allanhalstead@talktalk.net> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 2:28 PM Subject: [B'ham] Birmingham's Railway Mission House > My wife's grandfather, Benjamin George HARRIS, died on the Somme on > 1/7/1916 aged 21. > > His Commonwealth War Graves Commission certificate shows his parents as > Walter and Annie HARRIS of Railway Mission House, St. Andrew's St., > Birmingham but I'm having no luck in tracing them. > > I've tried Googling "Birmingham Railway Mission House" but to no avail. > > Is it likely that the family would have been living there as caretakers, > and if so, are there likely to be any employment records anywhere? > > Incidentally, my wife was also christened at this Mission House in 1938. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Allan Halstead > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors 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 >