Ernest Leslie Melville

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Husband of Eliza nee Chalmers, counterclaimed with his two brothers-in-law, the three (including Eliza) the children of Joseph Chalmers, who had sold Reliance to Simon Fraser and taken back a mortgage over £7400, the unpaid portion of the purchase price. Given as of Shepton Mallet in the counterclaim, although no trace of him or of Eliza Melville has yet been found in Britain.


Sources

T71/885 British Guiana no. 390; T71/1255.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Eliza Chalmers

Associated Claims (1)

£12,844 3s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)

Relationships (2)

Brother-in-laws
Brother-in-laws

Addresses (1)

Shepton Mallet, Somerset, South-west England, England