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15-09-2005, 01:25 PM
I have striven long and hard to find the marriage of my gt-gt g/dad John BEESON. He was a builder, owning his own business eventually in Derby and living for the last few decades of his life on or around Darley lane. In the 1861 census however he was on Kensington St living with father Samuel and with 'boarders' Harriet & her daughters Mary, Eliza and Emma. Their surname is difficult to read but could be Milward or Millard or even Williams. On the 1871 census John and Harriet are married with my 10 yr old (!!) gt-g/dad Samuel on Darley Lane, along with other children. Eliza and Emma are shown as daughters but he does acknowledge them in his will as step-daughters! In fact, in due course, they benefitted from his will equally if not more than his 'own' children.
Anyway i cannot find a marriage between John and Harriet and am beginning to believe that they didnt marry! Harriet pres' married before - where is her husband?? I have tried all the obvious sources but no success. There are one or two possibilities outside of Derbyshire but why would they go away from home to marry? She states Allestree as her place of birth. Have tried to find a first marriage for her but no success either! Have tried to find a family by that name(s) in the county - no obvious choices! Help!!
Does anyone fancy looking up the entry for 1861 census and seeing how they would decipher Harriets surname? To make matters worse it looks to me like her daughters have a different name!! My census reference is RG9/2503, folio 114 (61 Kensington St)
Any other help or advice greatfully received. Harriet went on to die tragically following severe burns from her pinny catching fire in the February of 1888!
Anyway i cannot find a marriage between John and Harriet and am beginning to believe that they didnt marry! Harriet pres' married before - where is her husband?? I have tried all the obvious sources but no success. There are one or two possibilities outside of Derbyshire but why would they go away from home to marry? She states Allestree as her place of birth. Have tried to find a first marriage for her but no success either! Have tried to find a family by that name(s) in the county - no obvious choices! Help!!
Does anyone fancy looking up the entry for 1861 census and seeing how they would decipher Harriets surname? To make matters worse it looks to me like her daughters have a different name!! My census reference is RG9/2503, folio 114 (61 Kensington St)
Any other help or advice greatfully received. Harriet went on to die tragically following severe burns from her pinny catching fire in the February of 1888!