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Thanks to Grangers14 for the 1911 data (That is very useful) and the info on Oldbury volunteers. I have already checked that in the last few days. I learned a lot but nothing specific about Samuel J.
Thanks again
Roy

Please add my ancestors to the BCC. They are:- Henry(Harry) Philpotts ( married to Elizabeth Moss b 1901, already on the tree as daughter of David Moss) He was born in 1897 Oldbury and died 1945 Oldbury His son (my father) Eric Philpotts was born in 1923 Oldbury and died 1976 In Blackheath Eric's wi...

Thanks Mallosa The Mary E entry is very interesting we hadn't thought of her being that young, but it is very promising. The entry of Rose marrying Mr Allen I had seen before but we don't think it is the right one. One extra detail that might help is that the family was centred on Wallace Road, Oldb...

Me again Hi Peterd shows the census entries for the Holder family in 1901 and you will see Mary E aged 6 and Rose a few months old. My wife has seen her Aunty Rose once in her childhood but I cannot find either of these ladies' marriages or deaths and she wasn't aware of Mary. Can anyone help with t...

Thanks to everyone for their efforts but I do actully have all that detail of his family and yes I can confirm that Elizabeth Bridge was his wife. I have her family too. She was related Sir John Frederick Bridge composer and Queen Victoria's director of music. I will soon be putting all the tree ont...

Please don't move it,
My wife's Holder family have been in the Black Country area since Mid 1800's and this particular Holder was born and died in Oldbury.
Roy

Hi Peter
the memorabilia was a sword which was buried in the old marl hole that was being filled by refuse and medals which are goodness knows where now.
they may not have been his medals and the sword could have come from anywhere so we have no concrete proof. Only heresay.
Cheers
Roy

Hi All My wife's grandfather was Samuel James Holder born 1871 d 1916 of TB. Not to be confused with his son of the same 1904/1983.(my wife's father) We know he had one leg, that he had wartime memorabilia in his possession and we believe he was possibly involved in the Boer War but cannot prove it....

Hi Everyone
Thanks for all your greetings, I am sure I am going to enjoy working with this site.
Cheers
Roy

Thanks for that info on Tango Debney on the boxing site. I was beginning to think I had dreamed it.
I always thought it was Devney although Debney was always a good alternative seeing how popular it is in the BC. In fact I went to school with 2 brothers named Debney.

Cheers
Roy

Hi Rob you are quite right, the Philpotts did live up Florence Road. No 19 to be precise. There was Henry (Harry) and Elizabeth (nee Moss known to all as Cissy). There was my late Dad Eric. The other siblings were Norman (now passed), Alan, Trevor (the athlete), Donald and Janet. Janet did marry Joe...

Hi I am Roy Philpotts and I have just joined the site. I have posted a previous message with my interests. However what led me to the site was the Eel St link which I see has been archived. the Moss family is my family or more specifically my grandmother's family. Elizabeth Moss is my Grandmother, s...

Hi My name is Roy Philpotts and although I am actually Trevor Roy I only use the first name for bureaucracy. I hail from Oldbury and my father's family moved there from Herefords in mid 1800's. My mother's family hailed from Belbroughton and they met because of the link of Brades Nash and Tyzack bei...