My mother's family are from the English Midlands. My wife's family are from Canada, her father's side emigrating before the 1st World War from the English Midlands. Her mother's side emigrated to Ontario in the middle of the 19th Century. I have also listed the whole family on several Gedcom and family tree maker files. The Information I have divided the families up into 8 sections, one for each of my and my wife's grandparents.
Brief details follow, with links to pages which guide the reader to greater detail.
Several worked in the Far East in the late 19 th and early 20th Centuries. This information includes an extensive history of our branch of the Pooles and other New England families written by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 and 1955. Parkes Parkes from Willenhall and the English West Midlands. They were the founding family of Josiah Parkes and Sons, manufacturers of the Union brand of door locks. The other families came mostly from Warcestershire and Warwickshire.