Mike Murphy wrote: > Hello Gordon, > > Saw your message on the F. of D. mailing list and thought that I would let you have my 2 pennyworth. I don¹t think there is any connection here but you never know what might turn up. > > My connection with the name is very slight and comes through my wife's maiden name which is NELMES. I have... > > Ann JAMES.........daughter of a George JAMES > ....b.c. 1833 Blakeney > ....m. 1853..Richard NELMES, in Lydney. > She was still alive at the 1881 census. > > That's it I'm afraid. > > Your Ann JAMES, bp. Apr 1818 and her parents married in 1801. That is quite a large gap 1801 - 1818. Have you found any other children born in between? > I would be pleased to have a brief outline of your branch of the family, in case other researchers come my way and may connect. > > Regards, > > Mike, Caldicot, Gwent. U.K. > mailto:<[email protected]> > > Researching:- > Caernarvonshire: .........DAVIES...JENKINS...JONES.....OWEN....ROBERTS. > Essex: ...................COUSINS..M(A)cOMIE. > Glamorgan: ...............NELMES. > Gloucestershire: .........BALDWIN..DAVIS.....EDWARDS..JAMES....NELMES. > Hampshire: ...............FIELDER..MAFFEY....REEVES...TORRINGTON. > Middlesex (London): ......COUSINS..DORAN.....GILL.....M(A)cOMIE . > Middlesex (London): ......MAFFEY...RANCE.....TAYLOR. > Perthshire: ..............CRISTAL..HUSBAND...M(A)cOMIE. > Surrey (London): .........DILL.....DORAN.....MURPHY...TAYLOR. > Co. Cork: ................DILL.....MURPHY(in Coachford). Mike Went over my notes on Ann JAMES. I have her marriage certificate (1844) which gives neither her age or her father's name. I have her in the 1851 census (age 30 pob Newland) and the 1881 census (age 62 pob West Dean). The 1818 baptism at Bream (a chapelry of Newland) of Ann dau of George and Mary JAMES, thus appears like a fairly good fit. The marriage of George JAMES and Mary TINGLE at English Bicknor is a bit of a shot in the dark however. Went to the LDS site and looked found one other sibling of the Ann bap at Bream in 1813. It seems you can only do a surname sweep if you enter the Batch number. It appears the extractions for Bream start in 1813, so there could be earlier ones. I could find no baptisms at English Bicknor that might pertain. I might need a trip to our local LDS FHC to look at the IGI on CD ROM or possibly order films of the register. Will advise if I am able to push the JAMES line back. Regards Gordon Morley Orleans, Ontario