William & Ivor Beard MBE

[Daisy64]

Hi Dawn, 
I am related to Bill and Ivor, have been researching for some time and would love to compare notes.
S

[Baytree]

Hi,

I have the Beard's going back to c1664.  But I have conflicting notes on who the father and mother were for Bill and Ivor. 

If their father was William Edward Beard b1873, then he was the brother of my great grandmother.

His parents were William Beard b1845 and Emma Churm b1848.  But other information gives me William's wife as Mary b?.

Perhaps you could shed some light on this for me?

Regards Dawn

[Daisy64]

Hi Dawn,
According to my records Bill and Ivor's father was William Edward Beard (1881 - 1951) and their mother was Alice Elizabeth Hadley (1882 - 1952) They married in 1905.  William Edward's parents were William John Beard (1859 - ?) and Mary Langford and they married on 7 June 1880. 
Does this help you?

[Necromancer]

certainly confirms the findings in the early posts of this thread 

[doctor_regtools]

Hi there

I know I'm rather late to this exchange ... I stumbled upon it as my father's cousins were William and Ivor Beard.

Alice Beard was the daughter of Thomas Smith (1857 - 1828).  Thomas Smith married Jane Whetton.

Anyone still following this thread?  I'm sure there is much more information to be uncovered.

[doctor_regtools]

Hello

I got a message from 'Stephanie' but I don't seem to have the ability to send PMs.  I think that perhaps I need to post a few more messages first.

Stephanie wrote that "I have their mother as Alice Elizabeth Hadley, daughter of Frank Hadley and Mary Ann Strickley"

However I definitely have a Mary Ann Hadley (d 1940 aged 87) in my family tree.   According to my information, her brother was George Strickley ... who had five children, one of whom was my grandmother.

I'm trying to put all the pieces together ... l check with my father as to exactly where Alice Beard fits in.