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Independent Islands => Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark => Channel Islands Lookup Requests => Topic started by: rob e on Thursday 07 February 08 20:24 GMT (UK)
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Trying to obtain more info about Francis Beck. English 1901 census shows place of birth as St. Helier approx 1856. He was married in Plymouth in 1881 aged 25 - his father was also called Francis Beck and was a butter merchant. Death cert from 1928 shows age as 75. A distant relative said he was banished from Jersey.
Thanks in advance.
Rob
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1891 has a Frank Beck married aged 37 b Jersey working as an able seaman onboard the Boman Prince which was moored in Monmouth Wales
There is nothing on the CI 1841 - 1871 for any Francis Beck - if he was forced to leave Jersey - could he have either changed his surname or "adapted" it
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Hi Carole,
Many thanks for checking. I think you're right about the adapted name.
"Francis" was a merchant seaman in Sept 1881 and was not in the family home for 1891 census. I had assumed he was at sea, but looks like you found him for me.
Rob
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Hi Rob -
If I was to take a guess at the Jersey version of a name which was anglicised as 'Beck', the first name to come to mind is Bequet (pronounced 'Beckay').
There is an interesting Francis Bequet on the 1871 census
Mike
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Hi
The 1871 image is actually spelt Beoquet or Besquet and transcribed as Beoquet on Ancestry
Francis snr was a farmer and landowner which is a different occupation to butter merchant but if Francis jnr was banished from Jersey, who knows?
His age is 25 in 1881 giving a birthyear of 1856 but when he died in 1928 he was 75 so birthyear 1853
I'll have a look at earlier censuses for this family
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Hi
The 1861 has them indexed as Bugent but the image appears to be Buquet. Francis jnr is 10 months old. Francis snr is shown as a "landed proprietor"
They are living with the parents of Francis snr - also a Francis and also a "landed proprietor"
I suppose he could have added 5 years or so on his age when he married
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http://jerseyheritagetrust.jeron.je/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=items&LANGUAGE=0&DEBUG=0&LIMIT=10&OPAC_URL=archive.html&BRIEFADAPL=..%2Fweb%2FNAMESLST&SCAN=zQ&SCANVAL=beck&x=9&y=11
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Hi
I searched the birth indexes from 1852 to 1858 and there was only one Beck born in that period and unless he changed sex, it's not him!
Stewart
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that opac site i sent u gives school records wills war records all sorts raa
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that opac site i sent u gives school records wills war records all sorts it was sent as i thought u might find it interesting yes i realise he hasnt changed sex raa
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My thanks to all who have spent time on this during the past week, and for adding your findings. I hadn't really considered the name variation. As a result, I've just found some Becquet births in Plymouth from 1901 which I can investigate on my next trip to the records office.
Rob
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I know this thread is several years old, but I am also researching the elusive Francis beck, I'm his great great gran daughter and was just curious about robs connection, my grandad was the youngest son of Francis beck s son Francis beck 😢
Thanks Ann Parsons
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Hi Ann. I am the great great grandson of Francis Beck. Unfortunately I have not made any progress on him since my last post.