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Hi Tess.
No, don´t have his death cert. Only know when he died because he & Aunt Violet were only married for a year or so & I remember her well. She re married & she & her 2nd husband adopted a daughter who had something wrong healthwise. May have been polio. She spent a lot of time in an orthopaedic hospital in Coleshill. Have no idea where she is now although I believe she was in touch with Dad´s sister Joyce until Joyce died about 6 or7 years ago.
Thanks for looking though. He is certainly elusive, but my gran always used to say he was a bit of a "wide boy"
Hope you are feeling better.
Regards Marion

Just adding this in case it might help you to locate the adopted daughter should you wish to.

Name: Violet G Sewell
Spouse Surname: Edward Berry
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1941
Registration district: Birmingham
Registration county (inferred): Warwickshire
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 1071

Name: Violet Gladys Berry
Birth Date: 6 Jun 1901
Death Registration Month/Year: 1979
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 52
Page: 1090

Hi, on the Birmingham Elec roll

Alfred Henry Sewell appears once with Amelia Sewell in 1920

at 1 court 16 Branston street.

He appears at various addresses up and down Branston street and his second wife stayed on the street after his death.

Have tried numerous different searches and cannot locate him in 1912- the first year that the site that I use has for elec roll returns for Birmingham.

Any other ideas and I am happy to help.

best wishes

Vanessa

edit-- have gone through the various Amelias and can pretty much account for them with different partners etc in other years.

Breakthrough !!!!!!

1922- 1 court 16 Branston street --Milly Shaw and Alfred Sewell
1925 /27 - 2 court 6 Branston st---Millie Shaw , Alfred Sewell
1930 -2 court 6 Branston street- Alfred alone.

Wow Vanessa, thanks for finding all that info.

I was a Sewell by marriage, so like Marion was interested in this family. My ex was descended from Alfred's older brother, who had premises in the Jewellery quarter, quite close to Branston Street.
I will now be trying to find out more about Milly/Millie Shaw.

Tess

Jonesey, thanks for that info. I just love to tie up loose ends!

Tess

Thanks to everyone for that. Branston Street rings a bell because I was told when I was very young that Uncle Bob (Robert Sewell) met his wife Ada Dayus when Uncle Alf lived in Branston Street. Ada lived in the back house & Uncle Alf in the front one.
Why didn´t I remember that before???
Marion