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Hannah Steventon baptism date 29th August 1824 Christchurch Oldbury PRs parents Joseph and Mary Steventon

I only have a possible baptism date of 22 August 1824 from IGI for Samuel Darby but have no idea if this is correct.

Albert Steventon birthdate is 20th November 1886.
Sorry about the date of marriage for Jessie Steventon Darby and Lelis Whitehouse yes...definitely 1934.

My 4 ancestors are my husband's parents and his mother's parents. See also note about Mercy Darby nee Holden. 1) Leslie Stuart Whitehouse Born 17th March 1905 Langley Green (cert held) Occupation Car Production Worker 1911 census at 27 Whyley St Langley Green Samuel Whitehouse age 47 Coach painter b...

Sorry I meant to reply to the post about William Southall 1881 census and William Holden 1891 census...they are the same William. As you can see no father on B/C and he calls his father Charles Clifford Holden on M/C.

In Chronological order here are the other certs I have on HOLDEN family. 29th June 1844 Oldbury Birth Mercy Holden father William a Miner Mother Hannah formerly Hughes 26th May 1852 Oldbury Birth Selina Holden father William a Miner Mother Hannah formerly Hughes 25th November 1860 in Parish Church D...

Looking though my records I also have copy of death cert for William Holden 27th November 1868. Death cert for Hannah Holden 31st May 1882.

I also have various other certs for younger members of the family.

I have a copy of the marriage cert for William Holden and Hannah Hughes. 25th September 1837 in the Parish Church of Dudley in the County of Worcester. William Olden of full age Batchelor occ Miner res Oldbury father William Olden Miner Hannah Hughes of full age Spinster res Oldbury father William H...

Thanks very much to Rob and Maths girl for their info on Pikeman and Portway Colliery.

Many thanks to everyone so far who has posted a reply. I didn't expect such a good response. I'm having a look now to see what new gems you've found for me. One other bit of info I do know about William HOLDEN (born c1818) is that he was killed in a mining accident. In an extract from www.cmhrc.co.u...

Hi everyone, This is my first post to the BC art of the forum. My husband is a Black Country lad and must take all the blame for my FHR addiction. It started when we cleaned out his garage and found a box with a load of certs, a bible and mourning cards for people he'd never heard of. I'm now trying...

I've just joined and am starting to post surname interests. There are a lot so I'll start with Staffs interests. They all date 1700s to 1800s BOULD from Waterfall I've got as far back as 4g grandfather John BOULD born c1732. My line goes through his son John born 1766, then James born 1807 and g gra...