henry & harriet HELT, littledean 1881-1901 (General)

by clhbutterfly, Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 08:32 (3743 days ago)

Hello everyone, I'm new on here so please bare with me.
I am looking for information on my great-great grandparents, Henry Helt and Harriet Emily Jenkins.
Henry was born in severnstock in 1846, Harriet was born in Littledean in 1855.
I know from the census that they were living in church st and then broad st between 1881 and 1901. They then moved to wigston magna, Leicestershire.
They moved back to the area sometime between 1911 and 1921 as Harriet died in Upton upon Severn in 1921 and Henry in 1923.
Henry was a boot maker but expanded his business to become a news agent as well, I think Harriet worked along side him but became a sub post mistress and grocer according to 1911 census.
Any information would be welcome but I am particularly interested in the fact that they took in a couple of children, looked after them and put them through school.
these children were Edward James ODY (born 1889 littledean) and Linda POWELL (born 1906 Newport). The family story is that Henry and Harriet adopted them both and in fact my granddad and nan remember them both from visits to the Helt family.
thanks in advance
clhbutterfly