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Thank you everyone..

Really appreciate the feedback - All I could find about George Bevans I have posted.

Cannington --possibly Canning town?? area as I know there are definite lonks in my family to Canning Town West Ham/Camberwell.

Thank you for all your help I will post more as I find it

I have personal documents of Ada Newsom all spelt in different ways.

Cheers :-)

"george bevans born 1861 barkfield,married elizabeth wilson born 1863,they married in 1881/2"

That's a guess?

No such marriage, unfortunately. Do you have her name from James's birth certificate?

To trace George's siblings forward, it would be best to start at FreeBMD to get their full names from their birth records.

Then you can search there for marriages that match them ... and search for children's births to go with the marriages ...

And remember, spelling does count, for instance:

Births Dec 1900
Bevans Jesse W. Ham 4a 181

Marriages Dec 1924
Bevans Jesse Woolf W.Ham 4a 375
Woolf Mary A Bevans W.Ham 4a 375


Because I searched for any record, any time, for the name Jesse Bevans, it also found the birth and death of his son Jesse, 1930/32. But searching for Bevans births with mother Woolf gets you several others as well (again, possibly living, so I won't post them here).

Then when you've got some names and birthdates gathered, you can try the Search Trees button up to to see whether anyone has those people in their tree here at GR.


But what you're looking for is ancestors, actually ... so you need James Robert Bevans's parents' marriagecertificate, to get their ages and their fathers' names, or starters.

Where is Barkfield? I am struggling to find your George Bevans prior to 1901 census. Do you have any other relevant information - like where he was born? Although it states in the 1901 Cannington I can't see anything prior to this.

Catherine

Just for the record, because spelling does count:

Marriages Dec 1919
Bevans James R Newsom W. Ham 4a 463
Newsom Ada C Bevans W.Ham 4a 463

(Not Nusome)

You can find their children's births at FreeBMD

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

if you search for

surname: Bevans
mother's surname: Newsom

... oops, only Ada R is transcribed so far. ... No, that's not the problem -- the problem is that you aren't the only one with a spelling problem!

There are Bevans births in West Ham 1920 to 1938 (and possibly two in Barnet 1940 and 1943) -- but the mother's name is spelled, variously,

Newsome
Newson
Newsum

so search at FreeBMD using

News*

as the mother's surname and you will find the 8 births in West Ham -- I won't copy them here because some of the children may be living -- in case you want the full details of your dad's siblings (some of whom may have died in childhood, of course).

Hi Catherine,i believe this to be the correct family,with a mispelt surname,thankyou very much for your help,very much appreciated,i'm still finding my way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol, so many thanks,take care,Rob.

For reference is this the family?

Name: George Bevens
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Bevens
Gender: Male
Where born: Cannington, Essex, England

Civil Parish: West Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: Canning Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 241
Household Members:
Name Age
George Bevens 41
Elizabeth Bevens 39
Mary A Bevens 11
Robert Bevens 6
James Bevens 3
Jesse Bevens 6 Months

Catherine

Hi,i'm trying to trace the parents and siblings of george bevans born 1861 barkfield,married elizabeth wilson born 1863,they married in 1881/2
this is all i have on george my g/grandfather

my grandfather is james robert bevans born 1891 westham?
his siblings
john 1882
george1882
bill1884
flossie?1888
maryann1890
robert 1894
jimmy 1898,my grandfather,married ada nusome,jimmy lost a leg in the war
jessie 1900,boxer out of bethnal green,who may have won lonsdale belts
edward 1904
records say 12 chilren born, 9 still living

my father,arthur george bevans,1930 westham married eileen kathleen george born 1933,my fathers siblings are,

james/jimmy 1922 westham,married hazel,sure jimmy was a desert rat,then an aneasthetist

johnny bevans westham born ?
elizabeth "
ada "
ethel "
dave "

we move back to S.wales from barnet in 1973/4
was always told the family came from pembrokeshire,so hopefully will find the parents and sibling and any other family of my great grandfather,many thanks,take care,Rob C Bevans.