News from Helen Burke on the South Coast
of England
In December I received an Email from Helen Burke, a descendant of Samuel Almey of Earl
Shilton, Leicestershire, England, who was born in the 1600's. She wrote to tell me that her
mother, H. Mary Almey, born 28 March 1912, had died on March 18, 1999, just short of her
87th birthday. "The cause of death was pneumonia, although poor clinical care and malnutrition
in hospital underlay this." The thoughts and prayers of the Almy/Almey family are with Helen in
her loss. Helen stated that "we used to be in contact some years ago about my branch of the
Almey family in Leicester" but "lost touch on one of my endless moves around the country (I am
now based on the South coast)." She didn't furnish her current address, but I replied to her by
Email