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Valentine Brown

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Alan

Alan Report 12 Sep 2007 08:18

Trying to find my grandparents:- the parents of Valentine;- Eliza Brown(nee Jones) & James Brown. Valentine was b.14.02.1905 in Kidderminster Workhouse Infirmary (not as an Inmate) and was fostered at about 3 yrs old to a family named Tyers from Kidderminster. I have info on Tyers family who moved to Birmingham c.1920's who Valentine lived with until his marriage to Laura Eade on 26.12.1927.
James is shown as a Miner on Val's B. Cert.but I have not been able to find any other firm references to either James or Eliza,not even a marriage certificate. They would probably have been born c .1880/5 in the area of Kidderminster. Any info whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Alan Report 12 Oct 2010 09:55

I have not received a contact about the above...would just like to update in case a new member is on the horizon!
Alan

LadyofKent

LadyofKent Report 15 Oct 2010 17:13

Hi Alan

Death of Valentine

Civil Registration event: Death
Name: BROWN, Valentine
Registration District: Birmingham
County: West Midlands
Year of Registration: 1987
Month of Registration: February
Date of Birth: 14 February 1905
Volume No: 32
Page No: 440
Reg No: 287


Re marriage of James Brown and Eliza

Could be

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1904 (>99%)
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Brown James William B Lancaster 8e 1464
Gerring Martin Henry Lancaster 8e 1464
Jones Eliza Mary Lancaster 8e 1464
Kirkwood Mary Moffat Lancaster 8e 1464

or maybe

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Mar 1900 (>99%)
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Brown James Andrew Pancras 1b 84
Davies George Henry Pancras 1b 84
Hynes Clara Pancras 1b 84
Jones Elizabeth Emma Pancras 1b 84

but looks more like the first one

Anne

Alan

Alan Report 17 Oct 2010 09:46

Hi Anne thanks for the info on Valentine Brown. I have the info already re 1911 Census and also a fairly good history on the adoptive family Tyers. There is an error on the Census form with Valentine shown as F when he is obviously M, a point I admit to having not noticed before !
I had not considered the Brown/Jones marriage as being in Lancaster as Val's birth certificate shows them as being from Kidderminster, but it is a point I will follow up.
Thanks again
Alan

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 17 Oct 2010 17:08

you can disregard that 1904 marriage as that James married Mary Kirkwood

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1904
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
BROWN James William Buchan KIRKWOOD Mary Moffat Lancaster Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston LANC/28/133

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

Mike *

Mike * Report 17 Oct 2010 17:17

This James Brown definately married a Jones but .....

Marriages Jun 1894

Brown James Newport, Sh. 6a 1454
Jones Elizabeth Newport, Sh. 6a 1454
Jones Louisa Newport, Sh. 6a 1454
Shore William Newport, Sh. 6a 1454