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Have found records for 1891 and 1901, other years missing. Family, mother Rose or Rosalind Eugine Bevan born Donnington, Berks 1855. Children, 3 daughters (one named Flora) one son, Alexander Meredith Bevan born 1891, London. All children born in London between 1881 and 1891. Family lived in Portsea, Hants per 1891 census. Mother was either the daughter or daughter in law of Commander George Baring Browne Collier, born 1817, and his wife, Justina Maria Stepney Gulston born Brighton, Sussex 1820. Trying to find information regarding my grandfather, Alexander Meredith Bevan, born 1891. Any information much appreciated.

1861 England Census
Justina Collin [Justina Gulston]
Age: 41 Estimated birth year: abt 1820 Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Ann Maria Gulston Gender: Female Where born: Brighton, Sussex, England Civil parish: Cheltenham Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England
Registration district: Cheltenham Sub-registration district: Cheltenham
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
household schedule number: 108
Ann Maria Gulston 72 head gentlewoman widow Christchurch Surrey
Geo Boring Collin 44 son in law Richmond Surrey Lieut Royal Navy Half Pay
Justina Collin 41 Brighton Sussex
Ernest Collin 14 Portsea Hants
Flora Courtonud Collin 10 London Middlesex
Clotilda Hapney Collin 9
Rosalind Hapney Collin 6
Magnell Cornwall Collin 2
Reginald Collin 7 MO
Henry Hatchet 55
servants
Fanny Commins 22
Charlotte Leach 37
Mary Bowe 32
Mary Ann Peerson 32
Selina Kelly 32
Jane Priest 16
Mary Hartridge 16
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1797; Folio: 137; Page: 26; GSU roll: 542869.

1881 England Census
about Rosalind Bevan
Name: Rosalind Bevan
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Spouse's name: Meredith Bevan
Parent's Name: Stepney Collier
Gender: Female
Where born: Donnington, Berkshire, England

Civil parish: Kensington
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 22 Oxford Gardens
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: Kensington Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 47b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Stepney Collier 59
Reginald Collier 20
Meredith Bevan 28
Rosalind Bevan 24
Elizabeth Hunter 29
Anne Kendall 29
Anne Mary Cook 23

baptism
Name: Alexander Meredith Bevan
Estimated Birth Date: 28 Jul 1889
Father's Name: Meredith Bevan
Mother's Name: Rosalind Eugenie Bevan
County: Middlesex

address is 2 Broadhurst Gdns and father's occ is 'Gentleman'

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Rosalind Eugenie Collier
Name: Rosalind Eugenie Collier
Year of Registration: 1854
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Newbury
County: Berkshire, Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 191 (click to see others on page)

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1916 (>99%)
Bevan Rosalind E 62 Southampton 2c 33

For reference only

Is this the right family in 1891 (if so her mother is not called Justina):-

Name: Rose Bevan
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Donnington, Berkshire, England
Civil parish: Portsea
Ecclesiastical parish: St Simon
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Portsea Island
Sub-registration district: Landport
ED, institution, or vessel: 68
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age

Rose Bevan 36
Violet Bevan 9
Dora Bevan 7
Margorie Bevan 6
Alexander Bevan 1

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 876; Folio 128; Page 35; GSU roll: 6095986.

EDIT - I see her mother is using a middle name - Stepney.

Kath. x

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Rosalind Eugenie Collier
Name: Rosalind Eugenie Collier
Spouse Name: Meredith Bevan<<<<Gentleman
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1879
Parish: St Michael and All Angels, Ladbroke Grove
County: Middlesex
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Father Name: George Baring Collier <<<Gentleman
Spouse Father Name: Mereddith Bevan <<<Gentleman

GRO reference for the marriage certificate:-

Name: Rosalind Eugenie Collier
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Kensington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 148

Kath. x

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941
about George Baring Browne Collier <<Commander in the RN
Name: George Baring Browne Collier
Probate Date: 29 Jan 1891
Death Date: 11 Mar 1890
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry


Left £16383 9s 8d

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about Alexander Meredith Bevan
Name: Alexander Meredith Bevan
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Age at Enlistment: 28
Residence: Northbrook Road, Southampton
Document Year: 1917
Regimental Number: 60120
Number of Images: 12



I can email you the record if you PM me your email address

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about Alexander Meredith Bevan
Name: Alexander Meredith Bevan
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Age at Enlistment: 28
Residence: Northbrook Road, Southampton
Document Year: 1917
Regimental Number: 60120
Number of Images: 12

Marriages Mar 1914 (>99%)
BEVAN Alexander M Vale Southampton 2c 83
Vale Florence G Bevan Southampton 2c 83

Alexander Meredith BEVAN (born London 1891) may have moved to Australia after March 1924. Could someone please check ship passenger lists? Thank you!

Lesley,
If you knew all the information that has been found, it would have been useful to mention this at the start, so we did not waste our time.
If you did not know, it would have been nice for you to acknowledge all the work that has been done for you.

Patricia,

I did NOT know ALL the information contained in this posting before I requested help. As stated, I found my family in the 1891 census and the 1901 census. The information gleaned from this posting has confirmed and added to what I already knew. In the 1891 census it does not mention my g.grandfather's name or all their children. In the 1861 census, that I could not find and was kindly supplied by one of the respondents, it gives me this information and has, therefore, added to my knowledge of my family. Surely, that is the point of a 'help' posting, to expand what we already know? I started off this posting with all the information about my grandfather that I had to date.

I had (prior to your posting above) already written to all respondents individually, thanking them for their very generous help in researching my family INCLUDING YOURSELF! AND I also posted, prior to your comment, a general thank you to all concerned!

Earlier today you sent me a personal email requesting that I check what had been written on this post to date. The reason for what you considered 'a delay' in responding to that information is that I live 7,000 miles from the UK in a different time zone. Hence the delay in responding IMMEDIATELY to any information. I think you need to take this into consideration and not assume that everyone posting on this site lives in the UK time zone.

Once again I would like to thank all those who were generous enough to give of their time to help me find additional members of my family and to expand my family tree for future generations to enjoy. Your help is invaluable to those of us who request help and genuinely appreciated by all.

Lesley

to avoid this kind of comment ...... and yes, I was about to post something like "wot? no thanks for the help received" after having read all the way through ....... may I suggest that in future, you post your thank yous ON THE THREAD itself.


We helpers all like a little bit of acknowledgement ........... and we do look on threads for such. We don't need individual pms


as I said, I was taken aback when I saw your second question without an apparent acknowledgment whatsoever of what had been found for you!


it's so easy to do a thank you posting!





sylvia

And in fact a majority of responses on page 1 were added within **15 minutes** of the initial post.

I know I get tired of being told what busy lives people lead and how they can't sit at their keyboards 24/7 waiting for other members here, who obviously have no lives, to give answers to their questions. It is considered appropriate to wait a few minutes to see whether there are questions and replies.

In fact, there's a helpful post from the site management pinned at the top of the TTF board that says just that. You won't see it if you're reading a "surname board". You'll have to click at the top of that board where it says "click here" to see where everyone else is reading your post, in among all the many other requests for help.

I saw no general thanks, just the "any info appreciated" in the opening post. And a "thank you!" after another request. Those don't sound like thanks for info already received. It just isn't hard to type those few extra words.

All the people who responded with information also emailed me privately and I responded to each one by return email and thanked them for their help. None of them wrote back suggesting that I publicly acknowledge their good deed. I do not know ALL the in's and out's of this website, I am new to this. I had no idea that people might respond within 15 minutes and had I known that I would probably have returned to the website at that time eager for information. I thought waiting 24 hours to see if ANYONE responded was the best course of action.

Lesley 2nd October 2010 08:29 Request review

Heartfelt thanks for all the information you supplied about my family. I am very grateful.


(This is the general thank you I posted, retrieved from my threads.)