This is my way of remembering my Dad Arthur Ames, who died in 1959. He left behind eight young children who have always asked what was he like where did he come from?
Over the past few years I have discovered quite a few things about him. One being that he was a very good pianist and also a boxer. Some time in the 1940�s he first married , had a child called Terry/Terrence Ames Unfortunately this little boy developed a high fever whilst in his maternal grandmothers care and died soon after from Peritonitis. The grandmother beside herself with grief and self blame hung herself. Needless to say my father and his first wife split up, she went to the USA and my father started to play the piano in pubs and clubs and met my mother. I do know that he had a very important audition on the Carol Levis Show back in the early 50�s and was so nervous he went for a drink to calm his nerves and drank so much he was unable to play�..It has been said that he wrote the music for Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and sold it for the price of a pint to a Yank in a pub back in the early 50�s how true this is I do not know!
If you feel you have met my father at some stage during his 48 years and you might have a story to tell me or a picture to share please don�t hesitate to contact me. Naturally if you�re a cousin your very welcome to email me. Whatever information I have in regards to my family tree I am willing to share. There�s not much yet, I�m only a beginner. Very little is known about his ancestors except from about 1711 to this day they could be found around Warwickshire Nuneaton Worcestershire Previously to 1711 the Ames branch can be found in Norwich Norfolk.
This is my direct line:
Richard Ames/ Amias married Hannah Dukes Born 14.1.1767 Worcester
Richard Ames/Amis/Elisabeth Deeman Married 21.2.1792 Mancester Hinkley England
+ 1793 Mancester Warwickshire
Solomon Ames/Amos/Elisabeth Cook Married 26.3.1810 Abbots Bromley Stafford England
Obadiah William Ames/Amos/ Anne Smith Married 1844 St Phillips Birmingham England
British subject (Hungary)Abt 1845
Obadiah Ames marr.Emma Orme 1868 - also married sister Louisa Orme.1868
Enoch Ames/Louisa Gazey married 23.10 1897 St Mathews Birmingham England
Arthur Ames/Doris Troughton Married 1947 Birmingham registry Office.
For a detailed ancestor chart click HERE
Here are some of my favorite websites:
Ames (http://amessociety.org/)