Amelia Lower 1824 -1880

1824. Amelia Lower was baptised 9/5/1824 to Jesse Lower & Kezia Coates St Nicholas Brighton - FS.

1841C. Amelia Lower, 17, shoe binder, is living Gerards Court, Brighton with her parents Joseph Lower, bricklayer,& Keziah, shoe binder,& 5 younger siblings

LOWER, Joseph M 39 1802 Sussex  
LOWER, Keziah F 38 1803 Sussex  
LOWER, Amelia F 17 1824 Sussex  
LOWER, Keziah F 11 1830 Sussex  
LOWER, Naoma F 9 1832 Sussex  
LOWER, Benjamin M 7 1834 Sussex  
LOWER, Susannah F 5 1836 Sussex  
LOWER, Jemimah F 0 (7 months) 1841 Sussex

 

1844. Amelia Lower married George Trelfer 18/7/1844 St Nicholas Brighton - FS

1851C. Amelia Trelfer, 47, b. Brighton, is living at 5 Bond Street Row, Brighton with her husband & 3 children

TRELFER, George Head Married M 30 1821 Baker
Lewes, Sussex  
TRELFER, Amelia Wife Married F 27 1824 Shoe Binder
Brighton, Sussex  
TRELFER, Abigail Daughter Unmarried F 5 1846
Brighton, Sussex  
TRELFER, David Son Unmarried M 2 1849
Brighton, Sussex  
TRELFER, Jesse Son Unmarried M 0 (10 MOS) 1851
Brighton, Sussex

1856. Vic's great grandfather, George Trelfer was born Brighton Dec 1856 to parents George Trelfer & Amelia

1861C. Eventually found Amelia Trelfer, 37, mistranscribed as Felper, 52 Over Street Brighton, with her husband & 3 sons - FMP

FELPER, George Head Married M 40 1821 Journeyman & Baker
Lewes, Sussex  
FELPER, Amelia Wife Married F 37 1824 Shoe Binder
Brighton, Sussex  
FELPER, Daniel Son M 8 1853 Scholar
Brighton, Sussex  
FELPER, Benjamin Son M 7 1854 Scholar
Brighton, Sussex  
FELPER, George Son M 4 1857 Scholar
Brighton, Sussex

Thus George & Amelia had at least 6 children: Abigail 1846, David 1849, Jesse 1851, Daniel 1853, Benjamin 1855 & George 1856.

1871C . Again, I could not find them on FMP- did all sorts of searches on just Georges, etc, etc. But, on Ancestry, a George Swelfer, 14, errand boy, with parents George 50, baker, Amelia 47 shoebinder, & brother Benjamin 16. So then, FMP:

Amelia Trelfer, 47, b. Brighton, mistranscribed as Twelfer is living Fleet Street Brighton with her husband & 2 sons

TWELFER, George Head M 50 1821 Sussex  
TWELFER, Amelia Wife F 47 1824 Sussex  
TWELFER, Benjamin Son M 16 1855 Sussex  
TWELFER, George Son M 14 1857 Sussex

1880. Amelia Trelfer, dies Brighton, Dec, aged 56

Her widowed husband, George Trelfer, does not die until 1894, but he is a pauper in the Brighton Workhouse both in the 1881C & the 1891C.

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