Obituary for WILLIAMS from Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog

[ffiongwyn]

 

[Rowlandson]

Thanks Ffiongwyn.

Robert Beck 1799 - 1857 (Salies Great Grandfather) was Captain of the Point of Ayr Lifeboat.

His death certificate states we was
'Accidentally drown by the upsetting of the Point Of Air Lifebooat'
He died in January 1857 but his body wasn't washed ashore until the March of the same year. He is buried in St Bridgets Churchyard, West Kirby.

He married Jane Beck (His brother Thomas's widow) her maiden name was Jane Little, on 13th March 1822 at St Peters Parish Church, Liverpool.

[ffiongwyn]

In our Fourth Edition of Monday we published the particulars of a melancholy accident which occurred on Sunday off Rhyl, when the Point of Ayr lifeboat was upset, and the whole of the crew, 13 in number, met with a watery grave.
All except four were married men, with large families. Three or four men got upon the bottom of the boat after she upset, but they, were soon washed. The boat and crew were proceeding to the sucoour of a brigantine sunk off Pensarn, Abergele, but the Rhyl lifeboat had previously succeeded in saving the crew, 14 men, who were on the rigging.
The boat, botom
up, and nine of the bodies, were washed ashore, and picked up near the Voryd station.
The following are the names
of the crew appointed to the ill-fated lifoboat :-Robert Beck, aged 37, master; John Sherlock, John Blyddon, aged 38; John Owens, aged 37; Joseph Davies, aged 30;
David Davies, aged 25; Thos. Roberts, aged 28; Richard Roberts Elward Palia, Bobe; Robert Roberts.....
THE
LIVERPOOL MERCURY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1857.

[Rowlandson]

Thank You Ffiongwyn,

We seemed to have followed each others footsteps with our research 

My branch of the Beck family gets a little bit complicated, due to cousin marriages.

Robert Beck & (Jane Little) are my 3 x great grandparents
&
Thomas Beck (Roberts Brother) & Jane Little (Same Jane as above) are my 4 x great grandparents

All very confusing  , plus not much variation in Christian names down the generations.

[ffiongwyn]

Interesting! Do you have the family tree mapped out? My Uncle John has a version of our side, might be easier to share on email? ffiongwyn@outlook.com

[ffiongwyn]

Is this image a family member?

[Rowlandson]

Hi Ffiongwyn,

Thank you very much for your email, I do have most of my researched mapped out, but so far have not put that much on line. But would be very willing to share my research with you.

The photograph is of my 2 x Great Grandfather Thomas Matthias, but sadly not related to Davies/Barlow/Beck line