Thomas Yemm 1846 & Eliza Meek 1845 (General)

by jimashton , Thursday, October 20, 2011, 15:59 (4779 days ago)

I received an email from someone who had been following the thread about George Abell 1814 :
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=31097

The correspondent thought she was descended from Amos Baldwin Yemm 1819/1891 & Rebecca Marfell 1816, via their son Thomas Yemm 1846 & Eliza Meek 1845, thence via their son Sidney 1863, however Thomas Yemm 1846 & Eliza Meek 1845 did not marry until 10 Mar 1866 Cinderford, and as far as I know had no son Sydney.

I did some research on her behalf and passed on that I believe that - her - Sydney 1863 is the son of another Thomas Yemm born 1829 baptised 29 Mar 1829 son of James Yemm a Mason and Mary. I included the parish record for this Thomas Yemm's marriage to Eliza Griffin on 10 Dec 1861 and included a copy of their 1871 Census entry, including Sydney 1863. The 1861 marriage between Thomas & Eliza Griffin was a second marriage for this Thomas Yemm so I included details of his first marriage to Eliza James on 2 April 1853.

This is a long winded approach to my question, but it is important to show that there are two Thomas Yemm & Eliza's to confuse any research. Obviously before I passed on information that changed her ancestry, I wanted to be certain of my own information, which leads - at last you say - to my question.

I cannot find Thomas Yemm 1846 & Eliza Meek 1845 on UK census with children Frank 1867, Oliver 1869, Clara 1870, Ada 1871, Ernest Joseph 1877 & Arthur 1879. Thomas Yemm 1847's brother Timothy Yemm born 27 May 1847 emigrated to IL. USA, so it is possible that Thomas 1846 did too. Perhaps Dewey can check for me.

Here are Thomas & Timothy Yemm in 1851 & 1861 :

1851 Census East Dean
YEMM Amos 32 Coal Miner East Dean
Rebecca 54 East Dean
Thomas 4 East Dean
Timothy 3 East Dean
Miriam 10m East Dean
GARDINER John Lodger 16 Coal Miner Walford

1861 Census East Dean
RG9 1755 290
Amos 42 Coal Miner East Dean
Rebecca 44 East Dean
Thomas 14 Coal Miner East Dean
Timothy 12 Coal Miner East Dean
Mirrium 10 East Dean

Jim Ashton