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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Frances	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:25
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	I have, from FreeBMD :- Births Jun 1858 Vellam Alfred Peterbro 3b 235 Births Dec 1862 VELLAM Absalom Betts Peterbro 3b 219 Births Dec 1864 VELLAM Charles Peterbro 3b 223 Births Sep 1867 Vellam Richard Jackson Peterbro 3b 224 Births Mar 1870 VELLAM William Weston Peterbro' 3b 262 Births Dec 1873 Vellam George Peterbro' 3b 241 Does the 1881 census show them as the same family, with parents please? Many thanks, Frances
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:44
	This looks like some of them:- 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Poors Lane, Crowland (Lincoln), Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Charles Vellam Head Married Male 49 1832 Ag Lab Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Elizabeth Vellam Wife Married Female 39 1842 Ag Lab Wife Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Absolam Vellam Son Single Male 18 1863 Ag Lab Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Charles Vellam Son Single Male 16 1865 Ag Lab Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Richard Vellam Son Single Male 13 1868 Ag Lab Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Susannah Vellam Daughter Single Female 10 1871 Scholar Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Elizabeth M Vellam Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Alfred Vellam Son Single Male 3 1878 Scholar Crowland, Lincolnshire, England William Vellam Son Single Male 2 1879 - Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Henry Vellam Son Single Male 0 1881 - Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Kath. x
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5 278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:48
	this could be the George: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Mill Lane, Whaplode, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England Absalom Baker Vellam Head Married Male 32 1849 Agr Lab Moulton, Lincolnshire, England Rachel Vellam Wife Married Female 30 1851 - Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire, England George Vellam Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Charles Vellam Son Single Male 5 1876 - Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England Frank Vellam Son Single Male 2 1879 - Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England Ann Laud Boarder Married Female 68 1813 Nurse Crowland, Lincolnshire, England
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:48
	Possibly the 1861 census for Alfred so possibly some of the births you have are for different families:- 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Back Street, Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Alfred Vellam Head Married Male 29 1832 ... Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Jemima Vellam Wife Married Female 26 1835 - Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, England Charles Vellam Son - Male 5 1856 - Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, England Alfred Vellam Son - Male 2 1859 - Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Mary Vellam Sister - Female 20 1841 ... Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Kath. x
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5 278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:51
	and William Weston Vellam: 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Postland Road, Crowland, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Charles Land Head - Male 55 1816 - Lincolnshire, England Ann Land Wife - Female 56 1815 - Lincolnshire, England Rachel Vellum Daughter - Female 20 1851 - Lincolnshire, England Susannah Land Daughter - Female 18 1853 - Lincolnshire, England David Land Son - Male 15 1856 - Lincolnshire, England William W Vellum Grandson - Male 1 1870 - Lincolnshire, England
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Frances	Report	9 Jul 2016 10:54
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Thank you Kath, plenty of the names match so now I have the parents which I will try and take back to link with the rest of my Vellam family
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Frances	Report	9 Jul 2016 11:05
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	As always posts are sneaking up on me while I am doing my one finger typing! The Vellam family are a bit like rabbits in this area and second marriages help to swell the numbers so finding who belongs to whom takes time! I am copying out all your posts for in depth investigation later. As always there is a wannabe cousin behind it all!
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8 837 Send Message	malyon	Report	9 Jul 2016 17:45
	George Vellam England and Wales Birth Registration Index Name George Vellam Event Type Birth Registration Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1873 Registration District Peterborough County Northamptonshire Event Place Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Volume 3B Page 241 Line Number 170
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10 049 Send Message	safc	Report	9 Jul 2016 17:52
	FreeReg Marriage entry on 09 Jul 2016 For information about this place follow the link to Crowland If you believe there to be an error in this transcription then please report it to our data manager. Field Value County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name St Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 65 Marriage date 08 Oct 1861 Groom forename Charles Betts Groom surname VELLAM Groom age 26 Groom condition Widower Groom abode Croyland Groom occupation Baker Bride forename Elizabeth Mary Bride surname SMITH Bride age 19 Bride condition Spinster Bride abode Croyland Bride occupation Servant Groom father forename Nathaniel Betts Groom father surname VELLAM Groom father occupation Laborer Witness Thomas HODSON Witness Ann CHAPMAN Register note Transcriber notes
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10 049 Send Message	safc	Report	9 Jul 2016 17:53
	FreeReg Baptism entry on 09 Jul 2016 For information about this place follow the link to Crowland If you believe there to be an error in this transcription then please report it to our data manager. Field Value County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name Sts Mary Bartholomew and Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 1952 Baptism date 08 Dec 1862 Person forename Absalom Betts Person sex M Person abode Croyland Father forename Charles Father surname VILLAM Father occupation baker Mother forename Elizabeth Witness Witness Register note ceremony performed by J Bates Transcriber notes
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	10 Jul 2016 06:36
	http://www.freereg.org.uk/ (seems to be a lot on above link!) (others below from 1881, Henry missing so far!) Births Sep 1871 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------- VELLUM Susannah Peterbro' 3b 231/4 VELLUM Susannah Peterbro' 3b 234 Births Mar 1876 (>99%) ------------------------------------------------------------ VELLAM Mary Elizabeth Peterbro' 3b 260 Births Sep 1877 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------- Vellam Alfred Peterbro' 3b 240 Births Sep 1879 (>99%) ----------------------------------------------- Vellam William Peterbro' 3b 251 Births Sep 1879 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------- Vellam William Peterbro' 3b 251 Chris :) (for Betts one) Baptism County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name Sts Mary Bartholomew and Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 259 Baptism date 30 Jun 1833 Person forename Charles Betts Person sex M Person abode Crowland Father forename Nathaniel Father surname VELLAM Father occupation Collar maker Mother forename Susannah County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name St Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 204 Marriage date 30 Jul 1824 Groom forename Nathanial Betts Groom surname VELLAM Groom condition Bachelor Groom abode Crowland Groom parish Crowland Bride forename Susannah Bride surname JACKSON Bride condition Spinster Bride abode Crowland Bride parish Crowland Witness Richard JACKSON Witness Mary Betts Register note By Banns With Consent Of Parents. 1911 (Find My Past) Charles Betts Vellam Head Married Male Labourer 79 1832 Crowland Ethizabth Mary Vellam Wife Married Female - 69 1842 Crowland Address Albion Street Crowland P-Boro Census reference RG14 PN 8716 RG78 PN451 RD170 SD3 ED10 SN300 (says Married 50yrs, 8 children born, 8 living) 1901 (Find My Past) Charles Vellone Head Married Male 69 1832 General Farm Labourer Crowland, Yorkshire, England Elizabeth Mary Vellone Wife Married Female 59 1842 - Crowland, Yorkshire, England Absolam Vellone Son Single Male 39 1862 General Farm Labourer Yorkshire, England Florence Ellen Vellone Grand Daughter - Female 9 1892 - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (Daughter of Son Richard) Street Albion Street Town Crowland City County Northamptonshire Registration district Peterborough Archive reference RG13 Piece number 1468 Folio 37 Page 12 1891 (Find My Past) Charles Vellam Head Married Male 57 1834 Farm Labourer Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Elizabeth Vellam Wife Married Female 49 1842 - Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Mary Vellam Daughter Single Female 15 1876 General Servant Domestic Crowland, Lincolnshire, England Alfred Vellam Son - Male 14 1877 Farm Labourer Crowland, Lincolnshire, England William Vellam Son - Male 12 1879 Farm Labourer Crowland, Lincolnshire, England House name Private House Street Albion Street Parish Crowland County Northamptonshire Registration district Peterborough Archive reference RG12 Piece number 1232 Folio 129 Page 14 1871 (Find My Past) Charles Vellum Head - Male 37 1834 - Lincolnshire, England Elizabeth Vellum Wife - Female 29 1842 - Lincolnshire, England Absolam Vellum Son - Male 8 1863 - Lincolnshire, England Charles Vellum Son - Male 6 1865 - Lincolnshire, England Richard Vellum Son - Male 3 1868 - Lincolnshire, England Street Poors Lane Parish Crowland County Northamptonshire Registration district Peterborough Archive reference RG10 Piece number 1520 Folio 36 Page 22 (first Marriage of Charles Betts below) County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name St Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 484 Marriage date 05 Jul 1857 Groom forename Charles Groom surname VELLAM Groom age 32 Groom condition Bachelor Groom abode Croyland Groom occupation Laborer Bride forename Rhoda Ann Bride surname PRIDMORE Bride age 19 Bride condition Spinster Bride abode Croyland Bride occupation Servant Groom father forename Nathaniel Groom father surname VELLAM Groom father occupation Laborer Bride father forename John Bride father surname PRIDMORE Bride father occupation Laborer Witness Richard VELLAM Witness Elizabeth FOSSET Baptism County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name Sts Mary Bartholomew and Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 1505 Baptism date 25 May 1858 Person forename Alfred Charles Person sex M Person abode Croyland Father forename Charles Father surname VELLAM Father occupation laborer Mother forename Rhoda Register note ceremony performed by J Bates mother buried same day Deaths Jun 1858 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------- Vellam Rhoda Peterbro' 3b 135 edits (his Son Charles, on below, one who Married Hannah Elizabeth King) http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1349394
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26 550 Send Message	Gee	Report	10 Jul 2016 08:59
	Thought that these may be helpful to you: 1939 Register(s) Vellam Household (2 People) No 19 Barrington Gate,Fen Road,Holbeach , East Elloe R.D., Lincolnshire (Parts of Holland), England George Vellam 16 Oct 1873 Male Poultry Farmer Retired Married 80 1 Helen Vellam 27 Dec 1868 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 80 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vellam Household (2 People) Bridge Street , Welton R.D., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey), England Richard J Vellam 04 Sep 1867 Male Fish Fryer Married 306 1 1 more person who is officially closed Emily Vellam 05 Apr 1869 Female Fish Fryer Married 306 2 1 more person who is officially closed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vellam Household (3 People) Cottage , South Cambridgeshire R.D., Cambridgeshire, England William W Vellam 10 Feb 1870 Male Farm Labourer Married 194 1 Mary Vellam 04 Jan 1868 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 194 2 Ann Smith 04 Jun 1850 Female Housekeeper Retired Single 194 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vellam Household (2 People) 5 Low Roads , Spalding U.D., Lincolnshire (Parts of Holland), England Frank Vellam 22 Aug 1878 Male Agricultural Labourer Married 74 1 Eliza A Vellam 23 Feb 1882 Female Land Worker Married 74 2
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	10 Jul 2016 13:51
	Not sure about William Weston one?, looking at 1881, 1891, think below would fit... Births Sep 1879 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------- Vellam William Peterbro' 3b 251 (could be one going to Canada 1917 and 1951. 1901, Islington, with Brother Alfred, Charteris Road, same address as 1902 Alfred/Lucy King Marriage) Chris :)
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5 278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	10 Jul 2016 14:23
	Not sure what you mean Chris- 'not sure about William Weston one' -1871 for William Weston Vellam posted above. 1911 (matching 1939 details posted by Gins above): 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Meldreth Royston Hertfordshire, Meldreth, Hertfordshire, England William Weston Vellam Head Married Male Railway Porter 41 1870 Lincolnshire Postland Mary Vellam Wife Married Female - 43 1868 Cambridgeshire Meldreth Ernest William Vellam Son Single Male Farm Labourer 15 1896 Cambridgeshire Meldreth Arthur Ronald Vellam Son - Male Farm Labourer 13 1898 Cambridgeshire Meldreth Sarah Ann Vellam Daughter - Female School 9 1902 Cambridgeshire Meldreth Fanny Rachel Vellam Daughter - Female School 9 1902 Cambridgeshire Meldreth
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5 278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	10 Jul 2016 14:25
	1881- he's still with his grandparents, listed as William Weston: Name: William Weston [William Weston Vellam] Age: 11 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Relationship to Head: Grandson Mother: Susehaner Lourd Gender: Male Where born: Whaplode Drove, Lincoln, England Civil Parish: Whaplode Drove County/Island: Lincolnshire Street address: Whapload Bank Registration district: Holbeach ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Piece: 3207 Folio: 78 Page Number: 27 Household Members: Name Age Charles Lourd 65 Susehaner Lourd 60 Susehaner Lourd 28 William Weston 11 ------------------------------- 1891: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Love Lane, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England Rebecca Harby Head Single Female 46 1845 Laundress Spalding, Lincolnshire, William Weston Vellam Lodger Single Male 21 1870 Brewers Drayman Postland Lincolnshire, Mary A Blackburn Niece Single Female 18 1873 Assistant In Laundry Lincolnshire, ----------------------------------- 1901: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Chiswick End, Meldreth, Meldreth (Cambs), Royston, Hertfordshire, England William Vellam Head Married Male 31 1870 Railway Porter Postland, Lincolnshire, Mary Vellam Wife Married Female 33 1868 - Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, Margaret M Vellam Daughter - Female 6 1895 - Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, Ernest W Vellam Son - Male 5 1896 - Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, Arthur R Vellam Son - Male 3 1898 - Meldreth, Cambridgeshire,
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	10 Jul 2016 15:13
	Sorry AQ, I thought Frances was following back from 1881 that Kath posted earlier, that William was born 1879, his Grandfather would be Nathaniel Vellam)... (below look to relate somewhere to William W one) Marriages Dec 1837 (>99%) ----------------------------------------------------- Land Charles Peterborough 15 595 WESTON Ann Peterboro' 15 595 It's below, that she seems connected to, leads back to Charles Betts... http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1349394 (am I missing something?, lol, fiddlin' outside in garden at moment, so not ignoring, if you come back!) Chris :) edits (if William Weston is connected, I have Meldreth Parish cd, if anything to help!) (checked above for WW Marriage 1894 Meldreth, Cambs., Mary Blows, his Father Absolom Baker, occ. Labourer)
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5 278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	10 Jul 2016 15:32
	Sorry Chris- yes my mistake. Yes William W not the WIlliam from the 1881 that Kath posted @ 9 Jul 2016 10:44. :-D
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	10 Jul 2016 19:00
	Think it's the fact that Frances posted birth for William W that 'threw' things, will see what she says, or confirms from Certs., to work back with... Chris :) edits (reading back on link posted for connecting 'Thread', just to say Marriage 1902 for Lucy King/Alfred Vellam 1902 Islington, on Ancestry, London, gives his Father, Charles Vellam, occ. Labourer, a witness named William Vellam. Alfred age 25, occ. Builder. Lucy King age 26, Father, Matthew King, occ. Labourer. Seeing as Frances made mention) 1939 Register (Find My Past) 78 Wellesley Road , Brentford and Chiswick M.B., Middlesex Lucy M Vellam 28 Jan 1875 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married Alfred Vellam 28 Jul 1877 Male Carman Contractor Brentford Market Burial County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name St Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 194 Burial date 31 Oct 1929 Person age 65 Burial person forename Charles Betts Burial person surname VELLAM Burial person abode The Common,Croyland 1939 Register (Find My Past) Peacock Farm Crowland Common , Spalding R.D., Lincolnshire Hannah E Vellam 12 Jan 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 15 1 Arthur B Vellam ? Sep 1901 Male Smallholder Single Births Dec 1901 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------------------- Vellam Arthur Bertie Newmarket 3b 493 (Father Charles B, below) Burial County Lincolnshire Place Crowland Church name St Guthlac Register type Unspecified Register entry number 2100 Burial date 11 Aug 1916 Person age 84 Burial person forename Charles Betts Burial person surname VELLAM Burial person abode Croyland
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26 550 Send Message	Gee	Report	10 Jul 2016 19:20
	Ooops! Did I get the wrong William for the 1939 Register
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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Frances	Report	11 Jul 2016 10:14
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2 377 Send Message	Hi Guys, Sorry but I thought I had checked this thread but it must have been before you all got busy! Thanks for all your posts but the wannabe cousin has just emailed me to say she is not interested in the Vellams and was just using them to get at her Kings - still it was fun while it lasted - lol

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