Beaney

[Kennethmar]

Can you please find me the marriage of James Mather Beaney born  1857 Sussex died 1932
Mansfiel Notts. He seems to be a bit of a mystery He could have more than one.
what was his wife's name when he died?
Thanks

[lizdb]

Have you found him on censuses - with or without wife?
Have you got his death cert - who registered his death?
Have you looked to see if he left a Will?

Tell us what steps you have already taken to find out about his wif(v)e(s)

[keyboard86]

He looks to be the Professor of Music in 1901 with wife Amy 40 and children Amy H 7 James E 5 and another son Percy A Willson 8 all others born Nottinghamshire
Census ref RG13/3160/27/46
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[Kennethmar]

This Amy H is my Mother born to Amy Willson out of marriage. never regestered He had a wife when he died in1932 In Mansfield Notts. Who was she? Percey Was my Uncle & james E was killed in 1st WW

[keyboard86]

Hi again I would suggest that the last "wife" was possibly a Georgina, have you therefore checked the 1939?
A Georgina Beaney died December qtr 1944 Mansfield 7b 86 aged 90

EDIT When/where did the first "Wife" die?

[Annie65115]

Hmm - I'm not sure that James was the "marrying kind"!!

He's not easy to track down on the censuses etc, is he? I've found him advertising his wares as a music seller in Hastings in 1875. He was probably in Hastings in 1880 (James Beaney referenced as directing a programme of entertainment), and again in Hastings in Spt 1881 playing the organ at a harvest festival. Can't (yet) find him in the 1881 census though.

1884 papers have ads for a musical tour which includes one James Beaney, playing in Exeter, Bristol, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Brighton.

1899 - he gave a concert in Bottesford - "a professional musician of much experience".

I can't see anything else.

I know this doesn't provide you with the names of any wife but at least we know he was in the country and therefore should be in the censuses!

[Annie65115]

Ok, I've found him now in 1881; he was 23, a professor of music, living in Hastings with his widowed mother and still single.

[Kennethmar]

Thanks yes I have this info but not who his wife was when he died(1932)

[keyboard86]

Hi again I would suggest that the last "wife" was possibly a Georgina, have you therefore checked the 1939?
A Georgina Beaney died December qtr 1944 Mansfield 7b 86 aged 90

EDIT When/where did the first "Wife" die?

I suggested this?
Keyboard86