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Thank all of you for the information you have provided. I have managed to find his mother's surname and where she was born in Ireland . Also her parents names.

Have you done any research yourself, Patrick?

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Park Row, Harborne, Kings Norton, Staffordshire & Warwickshire, England

James Brown Head Married Male 64 1787 Labour Manchester, Lancashire, England
Mary Brown Wife Married Female 52 1799 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
Ester Hacket Daughter Married Female 20 1831 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
David Hacket Visitor Married Male 20 1831 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
James Hackett Visitor - Male 2 1849 - Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
John Howard Visitor Married Male 25 1826 - Ireland
Isabella Howard Visitor Married Female 25 1826 - Ireland
John Howard Visitor - Male 7 1844 - Ireland
Joseph Howard Visitor - Male 4 1847 - -
Elizabeth Howard Visitor - Female 0 1851 - Birkin, Cheshire, England
Robert Howard Brother - Male 20 1831 Laboure -

1891 Census
8 Records found


Piece: RG12/2398 Place: Birmingham -Warwickshire Enumeration District: 24
Civil Parish: Birmingham Ecclesiastical Parish: St.Cuthbert
Folio: 154 Page: 34 Schedule: 202
Address: 148 Aberdeen St

Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
HOWARD Robert Head M M 38 Blank Screw Machinist(Em'ee) Staffordshire - Smethwick
HOWARD Ann M Wife M F 38 Warwickshire - Birmingham
HOWARD Alice H Dau S F 18 Warwickshire - Birmingham
HOWARD Helen Dau S F 16 Silver Polisher(Em'ee) Warwickshire - Birmingham
HOWARD John A Son - M 14 Warwickshire - Birmingham
HOWARD Robert Son - M 11 Scholar Warwickshire - Birmingham
HOWARD Gertrude Dau - F 6 Scholar Warwickshire - Birmingham
PICKERING Harry Brolaw - M 31 Rivet Maker(Em'ee) Warwickshire - Birmingham

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
37 Salisbury Road Smethwick, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Robert Howard Head Widower Male 58 1853 Smethwick Staff Screw Machinist Screw Works
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Alice Hannah Howard Daughter Single Female 38 1873 Winson Green Bham -
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Gladys - Granddaughter - Female 12 1899 Smethwick Staff School
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Gertrude Graham Visitor Daughter Married Female 27 1884 Winson Green Bham -
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Harold Graham Visitor - Male 3 1908 Smethwick Staff -
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Robert James Graham Visitor - Male 1 1910 Blackpool Lancs -
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Mamie Alice Graham Visitor - Female 0 1911 Smethwick Staff -

This looks like Robert in 1861 with his mother and siblings:-

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Union Street, Harborne, Kings Norton, Staffordshire & Warwickshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Isabella Howard Head Married Female 35 1826 Charwoman Ireland
John Howard Son Unmarried Male 17 1844 Labourer At Forge Ireland
Joseph Howard Son Unmarried Male 15 1846 Labourer Forge Ireland
Robert Howard Son - Male 9 1852 Scholar Smethwick, Staffordshire, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

It looks as though you need Irish records as his mother and siblings say born there.

Kath. x

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
148, Aberdeen Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Robert Howard Head Married Male 28 1853 Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Screw Forger & Machinist
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Anne M Howard Wife Married Female 28 1853 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England -
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Alice H Howard Daughter Single Female 8 1873 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Scholar
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Ellen Howard Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Scholar
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John A Howard Son Single Male 4 1877 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Scholar
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Robert Howard Son Single Male 0 1881 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England -
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Emma Pickering Mother In Law Widow Female 66 1815 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Midwife

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Carlisle Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Emma Pickering Head - Female 52 1819 - Warwickshire, England
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Robert Howard Son-In-Law - Male 18 1853 - Warwickshire, England
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Anne Howard Daughter - Female 18 1853 - Warwickshire, England
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Harry Pickering Son - Male 13 1858 - Warwickshire, England
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Clarence Howard Grandson - Male 0 1871 - Warwickshire, England
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William Hawthorne Grandson - Male 0 1871 - Warwickshire, England
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Abraham Murphy Boarder - Male 27 1844 - Warwickshire, England

robert is a screw maker

This gives his father as John Howard.

England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription

First name(s) Robert
Last name Howard
Name note -
Age 18
Marriage year 1870
Marriage date 12 Dec 1870
Marriage place Birmingham
Father's first name(s) John<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Father's last name Howard<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Spouse's first name(s) Ann Maria
Spouse's last name Pickering
Spouse's birth year 1852
Spouse's birth date 1852
Spouse's father's first name(s) Joseph
Spouse's father's last name Pickering
Residence Birmingham, Warwick, England
County Warwickshire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages

Kath. x

The marriage was in Birmingham in 1870.

Do you have the marriage certificate and if so who does he name as his father?

Kath. x

Marriages Dec 1870 (>99%)
HOWARD Robert Birmingham 6d 29 Scan available - click to view
PICKERING Ann Maria Birmingham 6d 29

where was robert born there are 13 robert's born in 1853

Looking for ancesters of Robert Howard born 1853 and married Ann Maria Pickering