coincidently unless I am barking up the wrong tree??? 1901 Breeds Cottages, 4, Ore, Hastings, Sussex, England
Joseph Merricks Head Married Male 46 1855 Quarry Man Stone Lewes, Sussex, England
Emily Merricks Wife Married Female 37 1864 - Hastings, Sussex, England
Joseph Merricks Son Single Male 21 1880 Quarry Man Stone Lewes, Sussex, England
Daisey - Daughter Single Female 15 1886 - Hellingly, Sussex, England
Burt Son Single Male 7 1894 - Hellingly, Sussex, England???? Edward Albert
George - Son Single Male 6 1895 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Tom - Son Single Male 1 1900 - Hastings, Sussex, England
[corrected!] Edward Albert appears to become Albert Edward, and his military papers (under 496540) say he was born Hastings, Kent (!)
There is a marriage at Pitsmoor, Sheffield 12 Dec 1916
Albert Edward Beaver 21 Bachelor Miller 9 Westow Place. Father William Beaver (deceased) Mason
Alice Clearey 23 same address. Father James, a miner
Wits: G Smith & [?] Lovindge (?)
Last edited by teasie; 15-09-19, 22:59.
Reason: correction
Albert and Henry are both in Yorkshire in 1939 register, maybe whole family went there.
Henry J Beaver
Marital Status Single
Birth Date 5 Nov 1893
Residence Year 1939
Residence Place Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Occupation Wire worker
Schedule Number 1
Sub Schedule Number 210
Enumeration District KIHZ
Registration district Sheffield 510/2
I've just had a look in the Sussex baptisms and there is a note by the baptism that says they are vagrants, they were living on Hammer Common. (SFHG)
Just a thought - I looked at the 1891 census and although it looks like Eastbourne, given that they've mis-spelled Haslemere, I wonder if Ellen was born in Easebourne (near Midhurst)?
There's an interesting article in the Hampshire Telegraph 18 July 1924, bearing in mind that Henry became Henry James
Henry James Beaver, gipsy, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing two silver teapots [etc etc] the property of Ellen Beaver at Titchfield on June 26. The prosecutrix stated that she was a widow now resident at Alton. The accused was her son, and she valued the property at £7s 10d.
The article goes on to say that the trouble had started because he married a girl who was not his mother's choice. His mother got her living as a fruit picker. Unfortunately there are no ages mentioned.
I think the father was actually born Henry William Beaver, son of Silas & Lavinia. The family is in Horsham in 1881, although William's PoB is given as Swindon
His birth registration has been wrongly recorded at the GRO, but this is it:
BEAVEN, HENRY WILLIAM mmn WILKINS GRO Reference: 1862 M Quarter in CLIFTON Volume 06A Page 151
And one of his siblings, just to confirm the mmn
BEAVER, SILAS JOHN mmn WILKINS GRO Reference: 1870 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 421
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