Thank you Martin, I will look at all this. In the meantime on another note There is an article in The Western News [Plymouth] 7 Feb 1940 Which refers to the bench making an Order regarding a Kate EDMONDS her husband Henry Walter EDMONDS If someone could retrieve that article for me please. I am wondering if they divorced. Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Martin Beavis" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 3:01 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DEV] Kelly M. H. EDMUNDS c 1870 > Hi Bev -- Just Google ["Nellie Edmunds" artist] and find: > > Edmunds, Nellie Hepburn – (1881 – 1953) British portrait painter and > miniaturist > Nellie Edmunds was the daughter of Henry Chase Edmunds, and studied art > under Fred Brown at the Slade School, and with Mouat Loudan at the > Westminster School of Art. She specialized as a painter of miniatures and > began exhibiting her work at the Royal Academy whilst a student at Slade, > and her career as an exhibitor spanned five decades. Her work was also > exhibited in several prestigious international exhibitions, and one of her > miniatures is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, in Kensington, > London. Edmunds served as the vice-president of the Royal Society of > Miniature Painters from 1912. Nellie Hepburn Edmunds died (Feb 14, 1953) > at > Bexhill, Sussex. > http://www.abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/e_body.htm > > That 1881 appears to be wrong. Ancestry has a public tree including Ellen > Mary "Nellie" EDMUNDS, born Norwood, Surrey, 1870, who appears as Ellen M > EDMUNDS, age 1, in the 1871 Norwood census, daughter of Henry E > (mistranscribed C) EDMUNDS. Diane and Tim have found other records for > the > same lady. > > Google also finds images of some of her paintings. > > There was a Henry EDMUNDS and family family in Kingsbridge but they seem > to > be red herrings. > > Regards -- Martin > -------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Foster > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DEV] Kelly M. H. EDMUNDS c 1870 > > Hello Bev, > > The image reads: 92 living at Harts Holm, EDMUNDS, Nellie M. H. female. > born: 6 Feb, 76 [presumably 1876]. Occupation: Artist. Bev, Note: > above > the 76 is the number 70 and above the "S" = single, in bracket (RIA) > > Hope this helps, and yes, you are right - no Kelly as a given name. > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:38 PM, B. Edmonds <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Afternoon all, >> >> >> I am not sure if I asked this before but the 1939 Register for >> Kingsbridge >> has a Kelly M. H. EDMUNDS born 1870 >> >> Would SKS please look at the image to see when she was born? Is the year >> correct, because not too many people were named Kelly in 1870. I think >> there is a mistake in her date of birth. >> >> I am trying to figure out who she is. >> >> Regards and thanks >> Bev Edmonds >> ------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message