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The Christian name Amelia
« on: Thursday 11 February 10 09:39 GMT (UK) »
I am sure some of you 'transcribers' can help me with this.  I have various records for a female called variously Meler, Nelus(?) nelix(?) and even Mable who I believe to be Amelia. The dates and places all match, not the first names. Can anyone confirm that these are 'pet' names for Amelia?  In hope.  RosemaryJoan
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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 11 February 10 09:42 GMT (UK) »
I can see Meler as a phonetic attempt at Amelia.  Never heard of Nelus or Nelix.  Mable is usually a misspelling of Mabel which is unconnected with Amelia.

But of course people can acquire all sorts of non-standard pet names!

In whay documents do these appear?  Could it just be a case of difficult handwriting?

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 11 February 10 11:25 GMT (UK) »
Birth index on Ancestry 1845 - Amelia
Baptism transcript 1845 - Nelus??
1851 census -
1861 - Meler
1871 - Amelia (can't find a marriage record)
1900 - Amelia (remarried)

I have just found her on someone else's family tree, and they have assumed that these entries are all for the same Amelia - so I think I'll stop asking questions.  I just thought it might have come from the Bristol accent (??)  RosemaryJoan
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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 11 February 10 12:44 GMT (UK) »
Was her birth surname Chivers?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 11 February 10 14:00 GMT (UK) »
Yes - How did you guess?  Rosemary
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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 11 February 10 16:32 GMT (UK) »
There weren't many girls called "Meler" of the right age in 1861!  I thought that must be her.

You said you couldn't find a marriage to Isaac EVANS, her "husband" in the 1871 census.  It looks as though they may have made a rather belated trip up the aisle - unless you have already ruled this one out?

Marriage Jun qtr 1885

Amelia CHIVERS
Isaac EVANS

Bristol 6a 21

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: The Christian name Amelia
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 11 February 10 17:09 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that is them.  They took their time didn't they?  They had quite a large collection of children by then.  They had them all baptised.  I wonder how they managed that without a previous marriage.  Half of the baptism records call her Amelia and the other half Melus.  I found this out after posting my query.  RosemaryJoan
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