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LOOKING FOR DETAILS OF GRAN'S BROTHER

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Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks Report 19 Aug 2017 22:04

I'm looking for information on my Granmother's brother Henry Beard B1890 in London, Father was Alfred Beard and Mother Ann Beard (nee Ousey). I believe he married an Ellen cox

Many thanks

Sandra

Rambling

Rambling Report 19 Aug 2017 22:08

Just for ref
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
467 Kingsland Road, St John At Hackney, London, England

Alfred Beard Head Married Male Warehouseman 55 1856 London Shoreditch
Ann Beard Wife Married Female - 44 1867 London Hackney
Henry Beard Son Single Male Packer 20 1891 London Shoreditch
Nellie Beard Daughter Single Female Brush Maker 18 1893 London Shoreditch
Annie Beard Daughter Single Female Brush Maker 16 1895 London Shoreditch
Jessie Beard Daughter - Female - 14 1897 London Hackney
Lucy Beard Daughter - Female School 7 1904 London Hackney
Daisy Griffith Niece Single Female Waitress 19 1892 London Stratford

safc

safc Report 19 Aug 2017 22:11


Henry Beard on the 1939 Register

1939 Register Transcription

Beard Household (6 People) 4 Abersham Road , Hackney, London, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Henry Beard 01 Jun 1890 Male Manyner & Commercial Traveller Married 95 1
Henry Beard 04 Mar 1889 Male Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 95 2
Ellen Beard 09 Jun 1916 Female Typist-Dictaphone Single 95 3
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Henry T Beard 14 Dec 1924 Male Assistant Strekeeper Engine Single 95 5
Leonard J Beard 09 Apr 1926 Male At School Single 95 6



Henry Beard 04 Mar 1889 should read ellen

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 19 Aug 2017 22:14

His marriage:


Henry Beard
in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Estimated birth year:
abt 1890
Age:
25
Spouse:
Ellen Cox
Spouse Age:
26
Event Date:
1 Aug 1915
Parish:
St Philip, Dalston
Borough:
Hackney
Father Name:
Alfred Beard
Spouse Father:
Thomas Cox

He's a clerk, she's a machinist, his father a warehouseman, her father a sawyer.
Witnesses Alfred Beard and Alfred Beard Sr.

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks Report 19 Aug 2017 22:15

Thank you very much, that's interesting......x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:18

Henry Beard
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Henry Beard
Death Age: 83
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1890
Registration Date: Mar 1974
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5b
Page: 1729

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks Report 19 Aug 2017 22:19

Margaret.......what is a Sawyer as an occupation, or should this read lawyer ?

Sandra x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:20

Henry Beard
in the London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
Name: Henry Beard
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1890
Admission Date: 1 Jul 1898
School: Enfield Road School
Admission Place: Hackney
Notes: Enfield Road School opened in 1894. Became part of Kingsland Secondary School in 1951

Home address: 467 Kingsland Road

safc

safc Report 19 Aug 2017 22:22

Sawyer Timber mill/pit worker, sawing timber


http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/s.html

greyghost

greyghost Report 19 Aug 2017 22:23

Google - A sawyer (occupation) is someone who saws wood.

There are a number of sites listing "old occupations" which can be found via google

Sawyer Timber mill/pit worker, sawing timber
Sawyer: used a saw to cut wood. May have been employed in the timber industry, or in other areas of manufacturing.

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks Report 19 Aug 2017 22:23

Thank you all so very much for your help with this information.

Sandra x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:36

His children's births:

Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Beard Hilda E Cox Hackney 1b 768 (maybe this is Ellen shown in 1939 register)

Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
Beard Henry T Cox Hackney 1b 690


Births Dec 1923 (>99%)
Beard Thomas H Cox Hackney 1b 741

Births Mar 1925 (>99%)
Beard Leonard J Cox Hackney 1b 702


Births Jun 1926 (>99%)
Beard Albert R Cox Hackney 1b 731



Thomas's death (middle initial is H on image) -

Deaths Dec 1923
BEARD Thomas E Hackney 1b 477

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:45

In 1939, Henry T has been given Leonard's birth date.

Here's Leonard's death:

Leonard James Beard
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Leonard James Beard
Death Age: 63
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1924
Registration Date: Jan 1988
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 12
Page: 1453

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:48

Possibly Henry T's death - DOB would fit birth record, though not 1939 register:

Henry Thomas Beard
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Henry Thomas Beard
Death Age: 85
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1921
Registration Date: Nov 2006
Registration district: Brentwood
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: -1
Page: -1
Register Number: B73B
District and Subdistrict: 466/1B
Entry Number: 164

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:50

Albert R's death - his DOB has been given to Leonard in 1939:

Albert Richard Beard
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Albert Richard Beard
Death Age: 53
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1926
Registration Date: Mar 1980
Registration district: Lewisham
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 14
Page: 0765

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Aug 2017 22:55

Hilda's marriage and death:


Marriages Mar 1940 (>99%)
Beard Hilda E Perks Hackney 1b 1014
Perks William G J Beard Hackney 1b 1014



Hilda Ellen Perks
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Hilda Ellen Perks
Death Age: 86
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1916
Registration Date: Dec 2002
Registration district: Hatfield
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Register Number: C10C
District and Subdistrict: 5321C
Entry Number: 69

Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks Report 19 Aug 2017 23:08

Thank you so much ArgyllGran for that information, that's great.

Sandra x