Elvery wrote - I have found a death for Robert NELMES in June quarter 1915 age 67yrs in Abergavenny. I haven't been able to get any other information about him. Can anyone help please? A tricky one: he should have been born in 1848, but no Robert listed. I had a quick trawl through the censuses and from 1851-1881 there is a Robert F Nelmes b 1846 in Thornbury Gloucestershire popping up in various locations - he's not on 1891-1911 and there is a 1891 death for a Robert Fitzharding Nelmes in Lancashire. Seems a bit far from his usual stomping ground, but he was a commercial traveller. And assuming this is the same chap, he didn't die in 1915! The other option is that his name wasn't really Robert - that was just what he went by, or a second name that didn't make it onto the birth registration? . Nelmes is a Gloucestershire name, but many did settle in South Wales. These are males with only one given name in the time frame - Abergavenny was in the Pontypool registration district Births Jun 1847 Nelmes Daniel Pontypool 26, 181 Births Mar 1848 NELMES Walter Thornbury 11,468 Births Dec 1848 Nelmes Enoch Pontypool 26, 147 Nelmes William Monmouth 26, 78 Births Jun 1849 NELMES George Thornbury 11, 504 In 1911 George is the only male Nelmes in Monmouthshire NELMES, George Head Married M 62 1849 Stationary Boiler Fireman born Gloucestershire Thornbury NELMES, Elizabeth Wife Married 26 years F 67 1844 born Merthyr Glam At 8 Chapel Lane Pontypool. No children born to this couple Do you have the death certificate for Robert? It may provide further clues. You could also try floating a query here - http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Lots of information on Gloucestershire families. TTFN Joss