Hi Gary, I am one person who had a Thomas James Hill at Birmingham Boarding School. I find your Christian names interesting as I had a Francis Elizabeth Birkin who married one of my Hill's and on each census she is either Elizabeth or Fanny and then she went back to her given name. More curious though I have a surname change I have a Charles Robinson who married an Ellen Belfield. On the 1851 census he is a Robinson and then 1861/1871/1881 he is Charles Walker, he died in 1886 and Ellen went back to being a Robinson. Talk about confusion in family history luckily for me they didn't have any children (I hope still checking) I would not wish this on other family historians. Like you I love these interesting Arguments. Cheers Pauline. -----Original Message----- From: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J Hodge Sent: 26 November 2006 10:22 To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com Subject: [B'ham] Original enquirer of Boarding schools Hi List I have kept out of this topic , cos it seems I am out of my depth against fellow listers, interesting Arguments ,(pun), its nice too see a bit of rivalry on a list in a sensible manner. However back to my original posting , my research name was George, (Henry assumed) ROGERS abt 1868 aged 13 on census 1881. Who if the one i want would have been born Shropshire, but this chap is the only one i can find that fits anywhere , if this is him ,he reversed his name to Henry George ROGERS on marriage , he married in hay mills Yardley, which was in Worcestershire at that time in 1894 , aged 27 , a screw maker , father named John ROGERS , a blacksmith. In 1901 he is now George ROGERS abt 1868, and states birthplace as kettle bank Shropshire ,he is now 33years old , this person is correct as all his children are right names /ages and the fact that one of them is my grandmother. Incidentally if anyone can provide his occupation in 1901 , that would help me . Hoping this will lead to another discussion!!. Gary Hodge _____________________________________________ 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