Amelia NELMES / SPENCER nee MATTHEWS born Lydbrook abt 1858 (General)

by chrisp, Tuesday, June 09, 2009, 10:52 (5720 days ago) @ slowhands

Hello slowhands, you have managed to solve something that has been niggling me since I started my research about 4 yrs ago i.e. why I could not find the Nelmes family in the 1891 and 1881 censuses. They are my family, all the Helmes and the Belmes! I knew they were in Cumberland as I had birth certificats for 2 of their children. I could not find the bc for William Henry Nelmes who was my great grandfather, but believed from the 1901 census that he was born in Cumberland. The dates fit as does the possible baptism of W H Spencer. The second child, James Albert Nelmes was born in November 1879. It seems a logical conclusion from all the info I now have, that perhaps Charles Henry Spencer did adopt his mother's maiden name. Why remains a mystery as does the reason for the move to Cumberland. Something must have happened, do you know of any local newspapers that might have records of that time? Hope I haven't bored you , many thanks, ChrisP