One 19th Century family attracted my attention on a few occasions, the family where the middle name Newman occurs. Although I have not made any specific checks the following information may be worth following up by any descendants.

PLEASE NOTE: These Birmingham names have not been researched in detail. The charts and notes have been deduced from a cursory examination of Census and other records found on the Internet. Therefore they should only form a rough basis for a full research. There are some persons who I cannot fit into any family.

The family of John CAKEBREAD seems to be the main Birmingham family.
He originally came from the Bishops Stortford area near the borders of Essex and Hertfordshire and several generations of his ancestors also lived in Essex.

From information supplied by a descendant of John, his marriage details state his father was Daniel Cakebread, a farmer.
John appears on the 1851 Census but not 1871 and was stated to have been born in Bishops Stratford (this is probably Bishops Stortford, (Hertfordshire).

John married Catherine Sherriff on the 24 May 1842 at St.Philips, Birmingham and their known children were:
Helen 1844 Birmingham...Helen married James Lyson Nibbs
John 1846 Aston, Staffs...he is believed to have died in 1857.
Daniel 1849 Aston....possibly married in 1872 in Birmingham
James Newman 1852 Birmingham. He married Caroline Robottom in 1871in Birmingham. (see Chart below)
Hannah 1853 Birmingham...Hannah married James Dingley on 14 July 1878 at Birmingham.

It seems that John probably died in 1857 and Catherine remarried only to be widowed again before 1871. The lists below contain a number of records worth following up.

Descendant Chart
(Birmingham families begin in 1844)

			Richard CACKBREAD 1725 Clavering Essex marr. Mary
			Richard CACKBREAD 1753 Clavering Essex marr. Hannah
			Daniel CAKEBREAD 1781 Bishops Stortford Essex marr. Sarah Newman
	Daniel CAKEBREAD 1814 Bishops Stortford Essex		John CAKEBREAD 1819 Bishops Stortford marr. Catherine Sheriff at Birmingham in 1842
Helen Louisa CAKEBREAD 1844 Birmingham marr. James Lyson Nibbs	John CAKEBREAD 1846 Aston	Daniel CAKEBREAD 1848 marr. Ann Underhill (Daniel's Descendants)	James CAKEBREAD 1850-50 _______	James Newman CAKEBREAD 1851 Birmingham marr. Caroline Robottom		Hannah CAKEBREAD 1853 marr. James Dingley
					2nd Marriage in 1886
					marr. Rose Adelaide Worrall
William James CAKEBREAD Birmingham 1872	Arthur Newman CAKEBREAD 1874 - 75 Birmingham _______	Catherine CAKEBREAD 1876 Birmingham marr. William Burton	James Newman CAKEBREAD 1879 -79 Birmingham _______		Violet CAKEBREAD 1888	John Inshaw CAKEBREAD 1891