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Trying to find family of Bill Harrison Birmingham

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margaret

margaret Report 3 Dec 2010 21:50

i am trying to trace the family of my mother's brother called William (Bill) Harrison born born around 1910. I think he married a Nellie Sambrook. He was a rag and bone man and had several children. His sister was called Elsie May Harrison and born 1920.

Thanks

Margaret

Researching:
dyke brunn harrison of birmingham

Flick

Flick Report 3 Dec 2010 21:55

Try 'search trees' on here .

Flick

Flick Report 3 Dec 2010 21:56

Marriages Sep 1937 (>99%)
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Harrison William Sambrook Birmingham 6d 1208
Sambrook Ellen Harrison Birmingham 6d 1208
Sambrook Nellie Harrison Birmingham 6d 1208

Flick

Flick Report 3 Dec 2010 21:59

Only two obvious births on freebmd

Details sent by PM

EDIT: Not sure why I did that - you could easily have found them yourself!

Flick

Flick Report 3 Dec 2010 22:03

No marriage on Ancestry for the daughter....this MAY be her death

Name: Sylvia Elizabeth Harrison
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1938
Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 1996
Age at death (estimated): 58
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Register number: G2B
District and Subdistrict: 0611G
Entry number: 226

margaret

margaret Report 23 Dec 2010 11:47

Thanks for your help. It seems there were more children. A daughter Margaret Rose 1940, Frederick 1945, Richard J 1947 and ?Gladys J. Can you help me trace any of them.

Thanks again

M

Researching:
dyke brunn harrison of birmingham

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Dec 2010 18:03

Margaret if you go to freebmd

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Click Births,
and enter Harrison and then Sambrook into the search
Choose an appropriate time scale, you will see the births with those name combinations.

Frederick, Sylvia and Pauline are listed.