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Warwickshire / Re: Brass Foundries in Birmingham Area
« on: Friday 25 September 09 16:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Roger -

All I can 'prove' about the addresses are the business cards that were sent to me - one for Sheffield, the other for Birmingham.

Margie

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Warwickshire / Re: Brass Foundries in Birmingham Area
« on: Saturday 15 August 09 00:01 BST (UK)  »
Wonderful!!!   Am I ever so glad I stumbled onto this site!

Thanks so much Jim  :-*  This is much more than I have been able to learn even from my cousin who lives in the area!   ::)

Yes, according to family stories, James Edwin Rush and his sister Florrie were 'thrown out' of the house - their mother, Catherine, died in 1925 and their father 'took up' with someone they called 'Poshy' - sorry, this is coming at you from a Californian who knows nothing about your slang.  Her last name may have been Young (married name?)

James and Florrie found a room to rent in a house in Gravelly Hill - they were both teenagers and James was still in school - nice lady who became their step mother - nice father to go along with her.  This James Edwin Rush (now we are on the 3rd James in line) moved to Hull during the war - he worked for the Electric Co I believe.  Then they moved back to Erdington or  Birmingham.  He married Ada.

Florrie married Arthur Watson about 1938 in Birmingham.  He was a Plumber and worked at Bovington U.S. Air Force Base.  They had twins and one died.

If I could get to Birmingham from California in the dead of night I WOULD go and dig up that garden.   ;D

As you can see I was able to glean 'bits and pieces' but not enough to put the puzzle together.

 Thanks ever so much.

Margie - (*)

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Warwickshire / Re: Brass Foundries in Birmingham Area
« on: Friday 14 August 09 21:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Colin:

Yes, the Rush family (James Rush my great uncle) lived on 311 George Road in Erdington and his 'foundry' was downtown Birmingham.

Is there a directory of the places that worked metals in the Jewelry Quarter/Center during the 1925 timeframe? 

Evidently James made a lot of Brasses before he lost the business about 1925 - he died in 1942 - some went to his children (most lost or sold now) and some even were buried in the back yard of his daughter Florrie when she sent her alcoholic father to Hull to live with another son James. 

No, I don't have that address where the brasses were buried - I would love to know!

Thanks for the link to the Directory in Birmingham - unfortunately those seem to be too recent for mine.

Margie


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Warwickshire / Re: Brass Foundries in Birmingham Area
« on: Friday 14 August 09 16:57 BST (UK)  »
Hello all:

I have a card regarding a great uncle, James Rush who was a Brass Founder, having learned the trade from his father, James Rush, in London - I haven't found their foundry yet but it may have been in Whitechapel.  James (Jr.)

About 1905 James Rush was working in Sheffield at Benton Brothers, Marsh Street, Paul's Square, Sheffield.

Then, about 1910, he moved his family to 311 George Road, Erdington, Birmingham.  His card reads "GOLD AND SILVER CASTER to the Trade.  All Kinds of Fine and False Cored Figure Work A Specialty; 57, Northampton Street, Birmingham. 

During WW2 he lost a leg in France which probably led to the loss of his foundry in Birmingham. 

Does anyone know of a foundry or Brass Business in Birmingham by this name?  Or know where I can go to look for this?

Thanks much.

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