Hello Carol There is a good chance that your grandmothers family attended St Silas. The best way to confirm this is to obtain a marriage certificate for the ladies of the family. My gt grandparents lived in Burbury Street and his three daughters and one son married at St Silas. I always found this a little strange as my gt grandfather was a Baptist and St Silas was Cof E. I know my gt grandfather later became a member of the Congressional Church on Soho Hill. I hope this helps a little Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: <HubbellGen@aol.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] St. Silas Church and my FAIRY family > Good morning, I've been watching this thread closely because my WHITE > grandmother's family lived at 159 Lozells St. in 1891 and I have had no > information > as to which church they might have attended until this discussion. The > 1891 > census record says "Villa Ward, Aston Manor...St. Silas" across the top, > and so > now I gather from what you are saying that the St. Silas church shown at > http://www.saintsilas.org.uk/section/106 entitled "St Silas, Lozells, > Birmingham" > is the one they would have attended. Is that true? They were Church of > England > to the best of my knowledge. > > This is my first exploration of their church membership because I had no > idea > where to start. In the US, neighborhood address doesn't necessarily have > much > to do with the location of the church one attends, but with limited > transportation and other factors I expect that was not the case in England > in the late > 1800s. I appreciate your help in learning more about my family. > > Carol Boggs > NC, USA > _____________________________________________ > 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

Wendy, I know the area well as I was born in Handsworth, on the web site it showed a picture of St Silas Handsworth, well in 1891 Heathfield Rd was in Handsworth and that is just across the road from the church. Lozells St is further down Lozells Rd. There is a church or chapel on the corner of Berners St do you know it? I used to deliver milk around that area. Ken B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Partridge" <wendy.partridge@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:34 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] St. Silas Church and my FAIRY family > Hello Carol > There is a good chance that your grandmothers family attended St Silas. > The > best way to confirm this is to obtain a marriage certificate for the > ladies > of the family. My gt grandparents lived in Burbury Street and his three > daughters and one son married at St Silas. I always found this a little > strange as my gt grandfather was a Baptist and St Silas was Cof E. I know > my > gt grandfather later became a member of the Congressional Church on Soho > Hill. > > I hope this helps a little > > Wendy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <HubbellGen@aol.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:33 PM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] St. Silas Church and my FAIRY family > > >> Good morning, I've been watching this thread closely because my WHITE >> grandmother's family lived at 159 Lozells St. in 1891 and I have had no >> information >> as to which church they might have attended until this discussion. The >> 1891 >> census record says "Villa Ward, Aston Manor...St. Silas" across the top, >> and so >> now I gather from what you are saying that the St. Silas church shown at >> http://www.saintsilas.org.uk/section/106 entitled "St Silas, Lozells, >> Birmingham" >> is the one they would have attended. Is that true? They were Church of >> England >> to the best of my knowledge. >> >> This is my first exploration of their church membership because I had no >> idea >> where to start. In the US, neighborhood address doesn't necessarily have >> much >> to do with the location of the church one attends, but with limited >> transportation and other factors I expect that was not the case in >> England >> in the late >> 1800s. I appreciate your help in learning more about my family. >> >> Carol Boggs >> NC, USA >> _____________________________________________ >> 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 > > _____________________________________________ > 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 >