Thomas PUSEY and Thomas ELMES 1851 to 1881

[Orpheus]

Hi
I am revisiting the relationship of Thomas PUSEY born 1843 and Thomas ELMES/ELMS born 1834. They are both born in Farnham Royal. I think that their mothers may be sisters and therefore they are cousins like it is written in the 1881 English census.

It seems that Thomas PUSEY and Thomas ELM(E)S were indeed cousins - their respective mothers being daughters of Henry and Jane ALMON(D).  Mary Ann, the mother of Thomas ELM(E)S, was baptised at Burnham, Bucks on 9 June 1811, and Lucy, the mother of Thomas PUSEY, was baptised at Burnham on 20 March 1814.

The surname ALMOND provides some interesting variations owing to the 'L' usually being pronounced as an 'R' and the 'D' at the end often being silent.  This being so it was no surprise to find that Mary's surname is given as ARMAN upon her marriage to Edward ELMS on 22 October 1831 at Farnham Royal, Bucks.  Lucy's surname is given as ANNON in the GRO Index when she married Thomas PUSEY (Windsor Registration District Apr/May/June Qtr 1843).

Mary Ann and Lucy's parents MAY be the Henry ALMON and Jane TAYLOR who married at Burnham, Bucks on 3 Nov 1792.  However, I can only find the following children - James bp 14 Sep 1800 (as HARMON), Charles bp 14 Nov 1802, George bp 27 Apr 1806, Lydia bp 31 Mar 1808, Mary Ann bp 9 Jun 1811 and Lucy bp 20 Mar 1814 (the last five all baptised as ALMON or ALMOND).  It would be unusual for there to be no children of a marriage for almost eight years so perhaps there were some baptised elsewhere.

Orpheus

[Helen13]

Hi Orpheus

Thank you for your informative reply. Thank you for explaining the surname ALMON(D).

I have the birth certificate of the youngest child of Lucy and Thomas PUSEY - Henry with the maiden name for Lucy as HARMAN.

With the new GRO birth indexes I looked up the  8 children of Thomas and Lucy PUSEY. They give the mothers maiden name as ARMON / HARMAN.

Over the years the elder relatives have thought that Lucy and Thomas did not marry but lived as common wife and husband. I however was only looking under HARMAN. When I saw the maiden name for Lucy on the eldest child as ARMON, I wondered about the marriage you mention.

Since Thomas and Lucy named some of the children Henry, Jane, Lucy and Ann I think that your information helps make Lucy and Mary Ann parents to be Henry ALMON and Jane TAYLOR.

Now I am not sure which name to put as Lucy's surname on my family tree.

Thanks
Helen