Hello Mike, Monday, June 15, 2009, 2:46:24 PM, you wrote: > This family in the 1841 census is indexed on Ancestry as GRIMLEY and as > I transcribe it GUMLEY Hello again, I've been to ancestry to look. Is it the 1841 census of Charlotte Grimley in Austrey, Hemlingford (Tamworth)? Unfortunately being the 1841 one, it doesn't tell us much but it implies Charlotte was married to Thomas and was not a spinster. This makes me think it is not the same lady. Looking at the image I can see how it might be Gumley but it does look as though the I is dotted, so I wonder whether in this case it is Grimley after all? Thanks again.

Stephen, According to a friend who is a direct decendent of Gumbley says that where her name originated from Market Harborough & Ireland the name is spelt Gumley. Ken B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen" <familytree@tinfoil.cotse.net> To: "Mike Fisher" <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Brickwall: William Gumbley, son of Charlotte,born c1840? > Hello Mike, > > Monday, June 15, 2009, 2:46:24 PM, you wrote: > >> This family in the 1841 census is indexed on Ancestry as GRIMLEY and as >> I transcribe it GUMLEY > > Hello again, > > I've been to ancestry to look. Is it the 1841 census of Charlotte > Grimley in Austrey, Hemlingford (Tamworth)? > > Unfortunately being the 1841 one, it doesn't tell us much but it > implies Charlotte was married to Thomas and was not a spinster. This > makes me think it is not the same lady. > > Looking at the image I can see how it might be Gumley but it does look > as though the I is dotted, so I wonder whether in this case it is > Grimley after all? > > Thanks again. > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thursday, June 18, 2009, 2:22:41 AM, you wrote: > According to a friend who is a direct decendent of Gumbley says that where > her name originated from Market Harborough & Ireland the name is spelt > Gumley. Hello again, To answer your earlier question: Charles and Charlotte Styles (nee Gumbley) had two children, Caroline b.1853 and Richard b.1854. Are you referring to Matt Gumbley? His web site was mentioned on this list in the past. I have dropped him e-mails a couple of times, but never received any replies. His web site mentions the Market Harborough link. The problem is all the Gumbleys (six generations) that I have found are in Birmingham, yet the family boasted Scottish connections and wore the kilts to prove it! I wonder whether hey were Irish kilts rather than Scottish ones? But why were they so adamant they were Scots in that case? Or could the link be maternal (even so, all the wives appear to have been "Brummies")? The mystery continues...