ALLEN
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A family tragedy
The Birmingham Daily Mail for 17 April 1888 includes a report on an inquest into the death of 22-year-old William ROBERTS. Richard David ALLEN, fireman in the employ of the London and North Western Railway Company at Monument Lane Station, said that on Sunday morning he was engaged, together with the deceased, in shunting railway Continue reading
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Advice for a happy marriage
Ashsted, BirminghamJanuary 1897 Dear Children, I take the pleasure of sending you a few lines to congratulate you on your wedding and wish you much happiness … if you would be happy you must endeavour to make each other happy and this must be done by making home the happiest place in the world and Continue reading
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I’m descended from cavemen
It is said, ’tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes.’ (Christopher Bullock, The Cobler of Preston, 1716 https://archive.org/details/coblerofprestonf00bull.) But there is one more thing of which we can all be certain. Go back in time to any year in history, and each and every one of us will have ancestors alive Continue reading
My Ancestors 