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 :)Dear Skylark

I know I am connected somehow to the Old Swinford and Kingswinford Dancers, however, where your William Dancer born 1786 to Richard and Sarah falls down as my William Dancer born 1790 I believe in West Smethwick , is the marriage, my William definitely married Mary Ann Walker on Sept 27th 1811 at St Martins in the Fields, Birmingham, and definitely died in Lower Bradley in September 1826 and was buried in St Leonards Churchyard, Bilston.(now a Car Park!).Did your William marry twice?

I am going to search the records for his Parish, known as Smethwick Old Church or Park's chapel, hopefully I will find his baptism unless he never was baptised, which might be the case if he was illegitimate. Good Luck building your tree!

Dear Truebrit

I have Smiths around Ward St Bilston, Gibbet Gate, which was the behind The Gate Pub which is still at Priestfields on the Bilston Road, first names are William Smith born 1814 Bilston parents George and either Sarah or Anne, brother Richard, born Bilston 1818, he married Lucetta Dancer of Wednesfield Heath in December 1837 at St Peter's Wolverhampton and had children , Caroline born 1847, Jane born 1844, Sarah Ann, born 1857, Emma born 1842, Mary Ann born 1838 and finally Alfred born 1859 or 1860. The Smiths were metal workers, either Blacksmiths, or Iron Rollers, William was a railway engineer who worked the mines, but also a iron roller, he died some time between 1871 and 1881 because he was on the one census but not the other. His youngest son became a Boiler maker at the large Thompsons place that used to be in Millfields Road. I descend from Caroline, who got knocked up by a swarthy irish gyspy from the Stow Heath gypsy passing place or possibly when they were at Buggins Lane, Wednesfield, another gypsy passing place back in the day.She never married him so that her son, Samuel, born October 1867 was illegitimate until she married Isiah Hughes in 1870. Do any of these names mean anything to you? I ask because Sam's father is shrouded in mystery, we just know he was a gypsy and probably a smithyman, ie a metal worker because blacksmithing and tool making are common trades on that side of our family and tool making/Brasiering was a very well known gypsy trade along with chair making and of course , Horsetrading! The Hughes family into which Caroline married were also, Horsetraders, and Horseshoemakers, well known gypsy trades.   If your Smiths are my Smiths can you tell me what you know about them? Sam married twice, don't know his first wife, but second wife was Mary Ann Lewis, married 1st April 1895,and they had children Alice 1901(my grandmother), Sam (1903) Lucetta (1904) Alfred (1905) , William, (known as Bill) 1906 and Violet 1910

Anything you can tell me about the Smiths would be appreciated.

Dear All

This is a long shot, I am seeking a Louisa Andrews aged about 15 who sailed from Liverpool to New York around 1925, all I know for sure is that she married a man surname Stewart and was illegitimate..she came from the west midlands,probably wolverhampton, and her nearest relatives were Albert Andrews and his wife Annie Sophia Andrews, but they were not her mother and father

Hi Neil

Thanks for this, sorry if my email was not clear, henry is Henry William Andrews, who was one of our great uncles, my line descends from Albert Alexander Andrews and Martha Abbott, which is how we ended up in Wolverhampton, any info I can give let me know...

thanks
Romarin (rosemary andrews)