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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: Re: Looking for info - William NELMES
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:16:33 -0500
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Hi Keith,

If you go to this BHC data base (there are others), you will find 4 children
with that surname, including a William. But, he came over as a teen in
1897.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011003_e.html

I tried using the Wildcard characters, but didn't come up with similar
names. However, this data base only goes up to 1916, and some years are
missing even then !

Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Scott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:38 PM
Subject: Looking for info - William NELMES


> Hi
>
> I'm new to the list and looking for any information on William Thomas
> NELMES. William was born in Middlesborough, England in 1911, is known to
> have been in Canada in the late 1920's and early 30's, and returned to
> England some time after this. William's religion may have been R.C. (based
> entirely on the fact that his mother's name was Margaret Theresa NEASHAM).
> William's father was William Robert NELMES.
>
> From Archives Canada online Immigration Records I've found the following:
>
> William NELMES
> Age 16
> English
> Arrived 8 April 1928 St. John, New Brunswick
> Ship: Montcalm
>
> The age fits with the William that I'm searching, and as there were a
> large number of children listed on the passenger list and no parents for
> William, I'm guessing that he may have been a part of the Home Children
> program. The surname NELMES does not appear to be overly common and I'm
> hoping this will make my search easier. Is it possible to find out his
> destination in Canada or other details of his time in the country?
>
> Any information or advice on where to go from here would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Keith.
>


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