« Reply #10 on: Sunday 15 September 19 10:24 BST (UK) »
Please can you share what more you know? It is hard to help you fill in the gaps otherwise. What happened to the rest of the family is very relevant to the search for what happened to Joseph. So:
(Henry) William Beaver - any sightings after the 1896 son in Hastings? Death reg?
Ellen Matilda Beaver/Langridge - any sightings after the 1896 son in Hastings? Death reg?
Silas John “Beevor” b 1891 Horsham - what happened to him?
Henry Beaver b 1893 Marylebone - ended up in Sheffield by 1939 I think. Anything sooner?
Edward Albert Beaver b 1896 Hastings (aka Albert Edward) - married in Sheffield in 1916. Does the marriage certificate show any family as witnesses? What does it say about his father?
James Langridge b abt 1876 Eastbourne - any sightings before or after 1891?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)