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Title: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: howies on Tuesday 31 May 05 11:56 BST (UK)
Hi All

I've run into a brickwall and don't know where to go from here.

My earliest ancestor is THOMAS GEORGE SYLVEN born Abt 1824 Birmingham.

The first Sylven entry in the BMD is his marriage in 1853 in surrey from this I have found his father is JAMES and is a victualer.

All the Census entries (1861, 1871, 1881) state his birthplace as birmingham.

My next thought is to find his birth in a church register but I have no idea which parishes would have been considered as part of Birmingham in 1824.

Does anyone know of a publication or web site which may contain a list of birmingham parishes?

Unfortunately living in Australia makes it a bit difficult to visit Birmingham and check out the local history centre

Regards
Howard Sylven
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: carol02 on Tuesday 31 May 05 14:20 BST (UK)
Genuki website for Warwickshire should give you a list of Birmingham parishes.   Carol
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: boydi on Wednesday 01 June 05 12:03 BST (UK)
Dear Howard, found this on, familysearch.com, a free site from 1881 British Census

Thomas G. SYLVEN Household
    Male   
 
~~~~~~~~
 
  Other Information:
    Birth Year <1824> 
    Birthplace Birmingham, Warwick, England 
    Age 57 
    Occupation Retired Gun Maker 
    Marital Status M <Married> 
    Head of Household Thomas G. SYLVEN
    Relation Head 
    Disability   
 
Maria, wife 32, Born East Ham, Essex Eng
Alfred Son 15 Born St Martins Middlesex Eng
Albert Son 5 Borm Brixton, Surrey, England
~~~~~~~~
 
  Source Information:
    Dwelling Lansdown Villa Mackenzie Rd
    Census Place Beckenham, Kent, England 
    Family History Library Film 1341201
    Public Records Office Reference RG11
    Piece / Folio 0850 / 57
    Page Number 33

Hope it helps a little
Regards,
Ruth
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: boydi on Wednesday 01 June 05 12:30 BST (UK)
Dear Howard,
I found my way around Birmingham from google & yahoo. I like you am from Oz and it is very confusing.
this might also help,

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/8DFFB66821BBDEBD80256A9A004DC89A

It is from the links and maybe easier to access than keying in, I also tried all the links at the beginning of the lookup requests page, they helped me get a bit of an idea.
Ruth
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824? - thankyou
Post by: howies on Thursday 02 June 05 07:41 BST (UK)
Hi Ruth and Carol

Thank you for your assistance

Regards
Howard
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: nelle on Saturday 03 June 06 15:54 BST (UK)
Saw you were listing from Australia. I am from Queensland and see you have an interest in the Cooper line. That is the main name that I am interested in. Mine are from the Birmingham area. Where are your from.
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: jim1 on Monday 05 June 06 20:36 BST (UK)
Hi Howies
Here are a couple of sites to keep you going.The first is the Parish records to B'ham.The other is the War.1841 cen.Use edit>find.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Menu
http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/freecens/1841/index_1841.html
Good luck
Regards Jim
Title: Re: What parishes in birmingham in 1824?
Post by: behindthefrogs on Monday 05 June 06 21:37 BST (UK)
The answer to your question of what were the Birmingham parishes in 1824 is as follows (actually 1834 but close enough):

All Saints
St George
St Martin
St Mary
St Paul
St Peter (may have been later)
St Phillip
St Thomas.

regards
David