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charles beech
« on: Friday 04 July 08 12:11 BST (UK) »
Good morning.
im trying to search for any information on;

charles beech,born,1865,died,1951,married,edith.j.(maiden name unknown)

my mum has possible links with these 2 people.
my mother was born,1936.she can remember visiting them at;

1 council cottage,catts place,paddock wood,kent.
although they fostered many children,they had 2 children of their own,daughter,Edith and Cicely.
mums mother Gertrude,lived with them,but her maiden name was, Brill.
after attending a funeral about 8 years ago,mum is 90% certain Cicely is her mothers mum.nobody wanted to discuss Gertrude(why she had a differant surname)?mum had heard a story,after gertrude was born edith(charles wife)ran from the village hospital with gertrude,back to where they lived.
my mum has always hoped she could find out if the Beech family are/were her grand parents.
we have tried everything we can think of.
i would be grateful if anyone could come up with anything to help.

thank.
chris.
i have just remembered,gertrude had no birth certificate.
haylor,chertsey,surrey,sussex,windsor
watling,sydenham,lewisham.
kent,berkshire.

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Re: charles beech
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 July 08 17:22 BST (UK) »
Hi Chris

Do you have any dates for Gertrude ie. birth/marriage/death?

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Re: charles beech
« Reply #2 on: Friday 04 July 08 18:21 BST (UK) »
Hi Chris

Do you have any dates for Gertrude ie. birth/marriage/death?

Casalguidi
Hi,Casalguidi.
thanks alot for your reply.
Gertrude was born,march 13 1908.
married,Albert Watling,6 august 1934,st andrews church,oxshott,surrey.
It looks bad but,we cannot remember the date,only the year she died,1992,aged 84,in oxshott.
Albert died,september,1985,aged,80.
once again,thankyou,

chris.

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Re: charles beech
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 05 July 08 00:31 BST (UK) »
FreeBMD has a birth for a Gertrude BRILL in Mar qtr 1908, but it is in Leeds, 9b 428.


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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 05 July 08 10:49 BST (UK) »
Hello Chris

Do you have Gertrude's marriage certificate? If so, who does she name as her father and who were the witnesses?

The name of the father could be fictional but this information could give us some more leads.

Barbara
Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent
Fewell and Speller - Essex and London
Headington and Bateman - London
Feltwell - Norfolk and London
Lewin - India and NZ
Evan-Thomas - Wales and London
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 05 July 08 10:59 BST (UK) »
Chris

In 1901 I can find a Charles Beach/Beech in Paddock Wood b about 1865 but his wife is Annans!  They have 3 young children Charles, Ellen and Alfred.

This looks like their marriage
Dec 1891   
Beech  Charles    Tunbridge  2a 1146   
Wells  Annans Jane     Tunbridge  2a 1146   

I cannot see a Charles married to an Edith.

Barbara

Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent
Fewell and Speller - Essex and London
Headington and Bateman - London
Feltwell - Norfolk and London
Lewin - India and NZ
Evan-Thomas - Wales and London
Purser and Cook - Hunts

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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 05 July 08 11:26 BST (UK) »
There is a Cicely Caroline H BEACH born 1888 in Chelsea who would be old enough to have a child in 1908. Only Cicely BEECH/BEACH I can find.

Can you find her in the census Barbara.

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 05 July 08 11:50 BST (UK) »
There is a Cicely Caroline H BEACH born 1888 in Chelsea who would be old enough to have a child in 1908. Only Cicely BEECH/BEACH I can find.

Can you find her in the census Barbara.

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Hello,Ian,Barbara.
Ican not thankyou enough for all your help.
as i said to Barbara,i was sending you a thankyou when a WARNING came up on my post.
Mum can remember after the funeral,she had a chat with 2 other people about gertrude.although they said they had no knowledge why her surname was differant,mum had a feeling they knew more about gertrude.
Ihave to say im sorry ,but i misunderstood about Cisely.
Mum told me she does not no who Cisely was,she just called her,Aunt Cis.
On my first message i mentioned,edith,charles fostered many children.
Do you think Cisely may have been one of those children?
One other thing i do remember,i was looking at the commonwealth war graves,and a Alfred Horace Beech,died,20 september 1915,aged 18.Grenadier Guards.
His parents names were,Charles,Edith.J,Beech.
Address,1 council Cottage,Catts Place,Paddock Wood,Kent.
Mum has told me that is the place she used to visit as a child with her mum(gertrude)and dad(Albert Watling).
One of the people mum spoke to was alberts and gertrudes bridesmaids,she was 9 years of age in 1934.
im sorry to say,there is no wedding certificate.
chris.

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Re: charles beech
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 05 July 08 12:30 BST (UK) »
Hello again Chris

I think your best course of action is to buy Gertrude's marriage certificate.

These are the details you need to order it from the GRO

Sep 1934 Gertrude Brill Tonbridge 2a 3095

On line ordering can be done from this site
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Once you have  the certificate please let us know what it says and we will try to help some more.


Barbara
Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent
Fewell and Speller - Essex and London
Headington and Bateman - London
Feltwell - Norfolk and London
Lewin - India and NZ
Evan-Thomas - Wales and London
Purser and Cook - Hunts

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk