Danks Farmer

[MarkCDodd]

Just a question before it goes....

There was Danks farm in Oldbury, on Gipsy Lane (now called Lower City Road) near the intersection with Wolverhampton Road.

It was one of the last farms to be bulldozed to make "Brades Rise".

Are the Danks in this thread related to Farmer Danks?

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... nks-Family

[Northern Lass]

Can we help Mark with this anyone?

What sort of time are we talking about what year ?

[MarkCDodd]

They were there in the early 1920's but I think it was several generations that ran it.

One of his neighbours was George Harper, a dairyman and I think he married one of the Dank's girls.

All this is in notes I founds from a member of my Genealogical society. He was reminiscing about the local identitites he remembered from the 1920's/1930's before migrating to Australia.

[Northern Lass]

Just a question before it goes....

There was Danks farm in Oldbury, on Gipsy Lane (now called Lower City Road) near the intersection with Wolverhampton Road.

It was one of the last farms to be bulldozed to make "Brades Rise".

Are the Danks in this thread related to Farmer Danks?

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... nks-Family

not sure what we can do with this mark

is that farm there on the 1911 so we can get a name to start with
who is living at Gipsy Lane in 1911 any Danks?

you have the 1911 can you post
need a name

[MarkCDodd]

Just archive it......I will pursue it at a later date.

There is a whole heap of Black Country people mentioned in family histories at my Aussie Genealogical Society.

I am chasing a few up, Danks was on my list due to the Oldbury connection.

I love finding out how they did when they came to Oz and how their family went back home.

When I find good evidence I will add the families to BCC.