Dear Hazel Thank you for your email. I remembered you from a few months back when I was looking for my ggrandfather's birth, Elmes Bradley COOKE but never even thought about his mother having a connection with your Bradleys. From what I can gather so far, Adelaide BRADLEY was born approx. 1829 to Mr BRADLEY and his wife, Elizabeth nee WOOLF, in Ruardean Woodside. She married John NELMES around 1850 or so as they were living with her mother on the census. Adelaide was a dressmaker and he was a coal miner. She has also been recorded elsewhere as Adeline, if that is any help. She is Adeline on the 1851 census but Adelaide on the 1881, by which time she had lost two husbands, the second being my gggrandfather, Elmes COOKE. Do you have any records of a WOOLF entering your camp at all? It would seem that she was born in 1788, in Ross, so I would hazard a guess at a wedding around the turn of the century? From the gap in ages, I would say that Adelaide/Adeline may have had quite a few older siblings as she was 22 when her mother was 63 (1851 census), perhaps you have some other BRADLEYS that may have a connection there? Very Interested to hear from you with anything you think may be linked. Regards Maria -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2001 05:14:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FoD] Adelaide BRADLEY. Hi Maria, I have just read your email to Gordon re: Nelms, and very excited, as Adelaide BRADLEY will almost certainly be an ancestor of mine. I am a descendant of BRADLEYs of Ruardean, but don't actually have Adelaide in my family tree. Would love to know if you have any more ancestors of your gg grandmother, to see which branch she belongs to. In return, I will have loads of information to share with you, and this means that we are probably very closely related. !! Looking forward to hearing from you, and working together on this line. Best Wishes.......Hazel (nee BRADLEY) in Somerset, UK