Good Morning
I have been researching away all weekend with the help of the information you you have all provided.
Joseph Allard still seems a bit of a mystery so I decided to check out his son HENRY ALLARD born 1842 who married MARY ANN ORAM (not sure about this surname) and thought I might find something further about his father, but HENRY seems to disappear after 1861 census and I cant find a record of his marriage. I have found Lydia Allard (possibly Joseph's wife) a widow 1871 census, in Kings Norton Worcestershire.
Jim 1 found a William Allard a haberdasher in the Bull Ring and I think he is definitely in the family tree because several family members down the line are market traders and shopkeepers by trade.
Is it usual for family christian names to reoccur again and again through the generations ex. Henry, John, William?
