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Tag Archives: Key Hill Cemetery
Six Days, Six Stones – Part 3: Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham
The third of my six blogs posted in consecutive days, focussing on particular family gravestones, is a bit of a cheat. The other five are stones that my wife and I saw for the first time on our recent 40th … Continue reading →
Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories, Surnames
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Tagged family history, genealogy, gravestones, Key Hill Cemetery, Port family, research, Thomas Port
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A Draper’s Tale
Thomas Port, my great great grandfather, was born on 22 August 1822 in St Pancras, London. There is, however, no official record of his birth or baptism – at least none that I have ever been able to find. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Stories
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Tagged Birmingham, buckingham, Draper, family history, genealogy, Key Hill Cemetery, research, Smethwick, Soda Manufacturer, Thomas Port
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