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Is there anyone who can help with a lookup for the burial and/or monumental inscription for Edward and Catherine Harris who were buried in Harborne Churchyard. Catherine died 1877 and her husband Edward died in 1882.

I understand the records are in Birmingham Central Library?

If anyone knows of any online versions then please let me know.

Thanks in advance

I am researching the family of Thomas Banks (1808-1889) who started Banks & Co Brewery in Wolverhampton.

I have tracked them through the census etc - but wondered if anyone knew if there had been a history of the brewey published anywhere - or whether there was anyone out there who knew anything about this family and was willing to compare notes.

There is a brief chronology on their web site - but I have tried contacting their web site for more details and got no response.

I am trying to find out more about Arthur Jamouneau, who appears to have been a prolific music composer and publisher in Hull between about 1890 and his death in 1927. The British Library catalogue contains over 100 references to his compositions.

I found him and his wife, Eva (nee Mawer), in the 1901 Census (despite the fact that it was originally transcribed as Jamouncan!!). As far as I know, they had two daughters - Kathleen (1899) who died in infancy and Ida (b 1902).

According to one local book, he wrote mostly hymns and other religious works, and his music was popular with Sunday Schools. He lived in Victoria Avenue, Hull.

But apart from this, I have been able to find out very little about him and his music. There does not appear to have been an obituary for him locally. I do know that he was born in Guernsey - and I have no idea how he ended up in Hull.

Any suggestions on further avenues of research in Hull would be gratefully received.

Many thanks

For the last several years, I have been researching my butcher ancestors in Guernsey. In the process, I have amassed a lot of information on other butchers' families - who all crop up in the same records, and many of whom are interlinked by marriage.

If your ancestor was a butcher in Guernsey - you may be interested in my web site:
http://history.foote-family.com/butchers/index.htm

I am particularly interested in the following families: BASKFILL, BEST, BOUTCHER, BUDD, BULLEN, CHILCOTT, COOPER, COX, CROFT, DE PUTRON, FOOTE, GARDNER, HAMMOND, HAYES, HEYWARD, HELLIER, KENNELL, LAMBERT, LAMBLE, LANG, LE MARCHANT, PARSONS, LE PATOUREL, MALE, MARTIN, PAYNE, PERRETT, RADDEN, ROBERTS, ROBIN,  SHERWILL, WATERMAN

Many of them emigrated from the south coast of England, particularly Devon, Somerset & Dorset.

If anyone has connections with these, or any other families who were butchers in Guernsey - please get in touch !