*Arc tbc* ---Alice who?

[MarkCDodd]

James Homer married an Alice in the 3rd quarter 1908 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Volume 6d Page 306.

There are only three people in the BMD index that are shown if you enter that reference.

Thomas' wife is not shown so I assume her page and index entry has been wrongly transcribed.

Looking at West Midlands BMD, this marriage is not shown at all.

According to the 1911 census, Alice was born abt 1888 in Birmingham.

Has anybody got an idea how I can confirm which of rhe zillions of Alices married that quarter in Birmingham might be the right one?

[Northern Lass]

There is a way think Pete knows it

so could be one of these
suppose one of these without a groom in to match?
Marriages Sep 1908 (>99%)
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ALBUTT Alice Birmingham 6d 147
BAILEY Alice Birmingham 6d 159
BATES Alice Sophia Birmingham 6d 189
BOOKER Alice Selina Birmingham 6d 245
BRADFORD Alice May Birmingham 6d 14
CLARKE Alice Ethel Birmingham 6d 48
DALE Alice Evelyn F Birmingham 6d 192
DUDLEY Alice Birmingham 6d 200
FOGELL Alice Birmingham 6d 141
HAWKES Alice May Birmingham 6d 240
HEWITT Alice Birmingham 6d 126
HODGKINSON Alice Birmingham 6d 273
HOUSE Alice Beatrice Birmingham 6d 165
HOWSE Alice Beatrice Birmingham 6d 165
LAWLEY Alice Elizabeth Birmingham 6d 221
PARKER Alice May Birmingham 6d 31
PARKES Alice May Birmingham 6d 31
PIERCE Alice Emily Birmingham 6d 245
PLACE Alice Elizabeth Birmingham 6d 12
RANDLE Alice Hines Birmingham 6d 214
RICKARDS Alice Maud Birmingham 6d 231
SHEWRING Alice Birmingham 6d 32
SKIDMORE Alice Birmingham 6d 9
SMITH Alice Maud Birmingham 6d 141
SPEAKE Alice Malvina Birmingham 6d 276
THOMAS Alice Louisa Birmingham 6d 27
TITCHNER Alice Mary Birmingham 6d 83
TOWNSEND Alice Mary Birmingham 6d 154

[peterd]

There is a way think Pete knows it

so could be one of these
suppose one of these without a groom in to match?
Marriages Sep 1908 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ALBUTT Alice Birmingham 6d 147
BAILEY Alice Birmingham 6d 159
BATES Alice Sophia Birmingham 6d 189
BOOKER Alice Selina Birmingham 6d 245
BRADFORD Alice May Birmingham 6d 14
CLARKE Alice Ethel Birmingham 6d 48
DALE Alice Evelyn F Birmingham 6d 192
DUDLEY Alice Birmingham 6d 200
FOGELL Alice Birmingham 6d 141
HAWKES Alice May Birmingham 6d 240
HEWITT Alice Birmingham 6d 126
HODGKINSON Alice Birmingham 6d 273
HOUSE Alice Beatrice Birmingham 6d 165
HOWSE Alice Beatrice Birmingham 6d 165
LAWLEY Alice Elizabeth Birmingham 6d 221
PARKER Alice May Birmingham 6d 31
PARKES Alice May Birmingham 6d 31
PIERCE Alice Emily Birmingham 6d 245
PLACE Alice Elizabeth Birmingham 6d 12
RANDLE Alice Hines Birmingham 6d 214
RICKARDS Alice Maud Birmingham 6d 231
SHEWRING Alice Birmingham 6d 32
SKIDMORE Alice Birmingham 6d 9
SMITH Alice Maud Birmingham 6d 141
SPEAKE Alice Malvina Birmingham 6d 276
THOMAS Alice Louisa Birmingham 6d 27
TITCHNER Alice Mary Birmingham 6d 83
TOWNSEND Alice Mary Birmingham 6d 154

only two way real is to put the person name in vol page then check image to see if there on that scan, to bring up image click speckecles scrool down and select the format you want to view it in

then the ones that have been mist transcribed check agianst 6d 306


or go through 6d 306 images picking out all the alices then checking them out for a marriage until you cannot pair one up


hope you understand this

[Northern Lass]

emm...

[Maths girl]

James Homer married an Alice in the 3rd quarter 1908 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Volume 6d Page 306.

There are only three people in the BMD index that are shown if you enter that reference.

Thomas' wife is not shown so I assume her page and index entry has been wrongly transcribed.

Looking at West Midlands BMD, this marriage is not shown at all.

According to the 1911 census, Alice was born abt 1888 in Birmingham.

Has anybody got an idea how I can confirm which of rhe zillions of Alices married that quarter in Birmingham might be the right one?

This is rather way out - but given that you know the other two on the list presumably got married to each other could you use their marriage to track down the church and then go back to the church register itself to look at the original page?

[Northern Lass]

But which church?

the ones I flagged some of those only had 3 on so might be one of those
you could write nicely to Birmingham regis office and the nice people there
and ask him to look for you the name of Alice?
They might not tell you but worth an ask

[mumbles]

1911 Census 386 Charles Road Small Heath Deritend Aston Warks.
James Homer Head 23 Stoker born Smethwick Staffs.
Alice Homer wife 23
James Homer son 1
William Homer brother 10 Stoker born Smethwick Staffs.
Emma Ford boarder 19 Screw Slotter
Rest born Birmingham Warks.

21/2 years married

[Maths girl]

But which church?

the ones I flagged some of those only had 3 on so might be one of those
you could write nicely to Birmingham regis office and the nice people there
and ask him to look for you the name of Alice?
They might not tell you but worth an ask

If I have it right the "4" names referenced are on the same church register page - so I was suggesting if we could track down the other couple and where they might have been married we could narrow the church down to a few in their area.

[MarkCDodd]

Yes, I had that census entry so I knew about when they got married, and therefore got that entry for Thomas.

I also had that list of Alices that married that quarter in Birmingham and did start going through them but found that just threw up more questions when you came across odd numbers of people on the pages.

I think I will have to do the hard slog again and any that look a possibility I will try and find a death with the married surname.

None of those Alices have a question mark over their page and book number in freebmd.

[Northern Lass]

Ok well best of luck let us know how you get on

[Northern Lass]

Flagging now to archive