Found some of the elusive census returns today, so time to recap on the census returns we have for Gem family:
William Henry Gem:
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1841 – family name transcribed as GENN. Following in Lozells Road, Aston:
William Gem 45 Attorney
Sarah 25
Frances 2
Agnes 7 months
+ 5 others (servants I think)
NB Charles (3) is missing from this list. He can be found elsewhere, staying with a John Cope in a terrace near Sandpits. Can’t imagine why!
1851 – family name transcribed as GARM. Following at Wood End House, Erdington:
William H Gem, 59 (attorney)
Sarah 37
Charles H 12
Frances A 11
Agnes S 10
George S 9
Helen M Gem, 53 (William’s sister)
Thomas Henry, 30, Attorney *** Age means that THG cannot possibly be Sarah’s son
+ 5 assorted servants
1861 – William Henry died in 1855, but widow Sarah (aged 49), fundholder and children Charles H (aged 23), Frances A (21), Agnes S (20) and George S (19) living in Devonshire House, R?sh?n Road, Northfield, Worcs [note that in 1871, George S is with Thomas Henry Gem]
Thomas Henry Gem:
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1841 - Still can’t find this return
1851 – At Wood End House, Erdington, with father, Sarah and half-siblings
1861 – Mosely Road, Balsall Heath, with wife Ellen [posted by Aiden previously]
1871 – 18 Congreve St, with Ellen and half-brother George S (Attorney’s Assistant) + two servants
1881 – 5 Hamilton Terrace, Leamington Priors with Ellen and two servants