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Birmingham Meeting Room, AL

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There was an exclusive brethren meeting room in Birmingham , [[Alabama#Jefferson County|Jefferson Co.]], in [[Alabama]] from 1896-1912, then a meeting (or at least a correspondent) from before 1966 through at least 1973. The latter meeting was affiliated with the branch known as Tunbridge Wells (TW's), and in fellowship with the [[Rome Meeting Room, GA|Rome Meeting Room]], county seat of [[Georgia#Floyd County|Floyd Co.]], in northwestern [[Georgia]], and likely folded with the death of Clara Fischerat the age of 101.
=Correspondents=
* Dr. Michael Winfield McIntyre +1966-1968
* Clara Christine Furstenfeld Fischer +1973+ (1882-1983)
 
=Correspondents=
* William Davies +1903-1905+
* [[Clement Louis Zbinden I]] +1903-1912+ (1859-1912)
* W.S. Russel +1903-1905+
* Dr. Michael Winfield McIntyre +1966-1968, and also has served from around 1968 thru recent years with the [[Gadsden Meeting Room, AL|Gadsden Meeting Room]].  He graduated from New York State U in 1962 and has practiced opthalmology for over 52 years.   He did his residency in Birmingham at the Birmingham Eye Foundation Hospital before starting setting up his practice in Gadsden.  
* Clara Christine Furstenfeld Fischer +1973+ (1882-1983) was married to Theodore Henry Fischer, who served the Bible Truth Depot assembly, also known as the [[St. Louis Meeting Room, MO|St. Louis Meeting Room]] from 1927 thru 1944. By 1951, Theodore was serving with the [[Denver Meeting Room, CO|Denver Meeting Room]] in Colorado.   Clara was born and raised in St. Louis, the daughter of Christian (1837-1918) & Caroline Stein (1846-1924) Furstenfeld.  Her father served in the 77th Regiment in the IL Infantry in the Civil War.  Theodore and Clara had two children:
** Mildred H. Fischer Waite Nelson (1906-1998) married George Waite @ Boyle Memorial Presbyterian in 1927.
** "Ted" Theodore Emmett Fischer (1910-1998) married Dr. Ruth M. Fischer (1908-2001).
*** In 1973, there was a "Mrs. Ruth Fischer" that was a correspondent for the [[Troy Meeting Room, IL|Troy Meeting Room]] in Illinois, along with a John Fischer.   She may have attended Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria, Illinois in the 1920's.
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