George BEARD from England to Australia COMPLETED

[trish1120]

Hi Joy,

Just a possibility for the future.

George BEARD
Christening, 04 January 1828
Newent, Gloustershire
Parents GEORGE and ANN

Trish

[tropicalj]

http://cemindex.arkangles.com/inscription.php?id=2755266

I see he  has a headstone in  place,  I wonder if  his son's birth certificate  might reveal more?

I see his wife and son died 2 days apart how sad.
Jenn

[Joyful]

I'll have a look for the BC of GB jnr - I'm almost positive that I have it.

I have had this file put away as I've been concentrating on my Scottish
side [much easier]. I have photographs of the graves and went over the headstones
very carefully in case there was something the photos missed but no luck.

I'm off today for a couple of days break so will report back when I return.

Thank you so much for your interest, Cazay, Jen, Cando and trish1120, in my brick wall.

Joy

[Joyful]

Hi Everyone

At last the update

I purchased GB's probate only to discover that he died intestate and the probate was an application from creditors in Sydney to administer the estate.

Ordered another birth cert for GB jnr and all it told me was that GB snr was 32 at that time(1861) and that he gave his wife's name as her mother's maiden name. Already have all of Catherine Beard latterly Ashman formerly Pamplin's information.

Cazay found a likely family for me in the 1851 census in Sth Wootten(sp?) which comprised:- George Beard blacksmith 45 b somerset Pilton
                   Jemima  do 43 b wilts Kingswood
                   george    do 22  do   do
                   Mary        do 16 Somerset Wootten                   
                   Kezia       do   5     do           do
                   Abraham Hutchens 14 blacksmith b Kent Sheerness
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[Joyful]

Cont....
1851 is the last census that George Jnr appears in, unable to find him in '61, '71 etc.
 Now I believe that the boundaries changed in the 1850's sometime and the Wiltshire entries
became part of Gloucestershire.
Purely circumstantial but my GB called his eldest daughter Jemima and his second daughter Elizabeth (closest to George Jnr in age in'51).

So I wonder what are the chances of this being my GB GB Jnr was 22 in '51 and my GB was 32 in 1861 at the birth of his son.
I still am unable to locate his arrival in Australia. I looked up the GB that arrived on the Constitution aged 19 but defintely not him.
The only other GB that I can locate came out as crew on the Lady Hodgkinson in 1857 departed London.

So that's where things stand at the moment.....what does everyone think......and where do I go from here

All help very much appreciated.
   
Joy

[trish1120]

Hi Again;
Excellent progress thanks to Census Cazay found and your extra work on this.

George Beard age 28 was of Wilts according to the Lady Hodgkinson Passenger List. Ordinary Seaman.
That and the 1841/1851 Census and children George called Jemima and Elizabeth in Australia, seem pretty conclusive to me.

FreeREG has this extracted record, probably George Snr;
George BEARD, Baptised 25 November 1804, St John the Baptist, Pilton, Somerset
Parents, GEORGE and BETTEY

And this is Marys from FreeREG

Mary Wallington BEARD, Baptised 04 May 1834 , St Peters, North Wootton, Somerset .
Parents, GEORGE and JEMIMA
Abode, N Wootton
Father, Blacksmith

Others you can check on FreeREG;
William Tilly BEARD, 17 June 1832 ( May have died as 1841 has a Wiiliam  age 3)
Elizabeth White BEARD, 15 May 1826

[trish1120]

Birth/Christening;
From IGI, Extracted;
Sarah Ann BEARD,
Birth, 16 February 1820
Christened, 23 May 1830, Independant, Kingswood, Wiltshire
Parents, George BEARD and Jemima TILLEY

Possible for Jemima;
Jemima TILLEY, Christened 10 August 1808, The Tabernacle Calvanistic  Methodist, Wotton under Edge, Gloucester, England
Parents WILLIAM and MARY

[Joyful]

Thanks Trish....I'm feeling quite good about it all but didn't want to get too
excited in case it was my wishful thinking.

Thanks for the other details of the family - I've made contact with another researcher
in England whose line is the Tilley's and she can't find GeorgeJnr on any of the other census'
either. What I have found out is that Jemima Tilley's sister married a Cooke and they emigrated to SA in 1856 so I thought that perhaps George came out with his Aunt & Uncle but I haven't found ships into SA so haven't checked that angle.

Thanks Trish again, I appreciate your help and the fact that you've told me what I wanted to hear

Joy

[tropicalj]

sorry if I repeat myself
but did the death certificate say how long in the colonies?

there is an arrival into Victoria for a George Berd??

kind thoughts Jenn