See also

Family of Thomas William Beard and Sarah Lambley

Husband: Thomas William Beard

  • Name:

  • Thomas William Beard1,2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hawker, van driver then a club steward4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 1 May 1875

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,4,5,6

  • Baptism:

  • 30 May 1875 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of Patrick Henry Beard (sergeant hospital corps) and Mary Ann of Ipswich barracks

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  • H. M. Prison, Grimwade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • an inmate as William who worked as a sailor. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • Crown Inn, Church Street, East Dereham, Norfolk, England4

  •  

  • a married lodger working as a hawker and living in sixteen rooms with Robert and Elizabeth Fanthorpe and family, his wife Mary Ann, (step-daughters) Mary Ann, Alice and Olive (as Oliver) Beard, son Arthur, nineteen other lodgers, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 46 yrs 1 mn)

  • 4 County Villas, Milton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a motor van driver for R Waller and Son wine merchants of 3 & 4 Pisa Terrace Lowestoft and living in six rooms with his wife Lily, son Arthur, daughter Ruth, lodgers Edward B Wilton (step-daughters husband ), step-daughter Mary Ann, step-grandson Thomas W Beard, and step-granddaughter Lily. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 4 County Villas, Milton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • a married club steward living with his wife Lily. Born on 1st May 1875

  • Death:

  • Q2 1947 (age 72)

  • Lothingland "Registration District", Suffolk, England3

Wife: Sarah Lambley

  • Name:

  • Sarah Lambley8,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Lambley (1830?-1896)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • watercress gatherer, corset hand and a hawker4,10,11

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1871

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,8,10,11,12

  •  

  • 1901 census says born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Jan 1873 (age 1)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter of Elizabeth Lambley a spinster of Fore Hamlet

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • 7 Siloam Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with George Perry, and her mother Elizabeth. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 20)

  • Siloam Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Alice Perry working as a water cress gatherer and living with her (step-)father George, and her mother Elizabeth. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • 75 Rope Walk, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • unmarried lodger as Alice Hatcher working as a corset hand and living in four rooms with William and Emma Girt and family, and her daughter Mary. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Crown Inn, Church Street, East Dereham, Norfolk, England4

  •  

  • a married lodger as Mary Ann working as a hawker and living in sixteen rooms with Robert and Elizabeth Fanthorpe, and family her husband William, daughters Mary Ann, Alice and Olive (as Oliver) Beard, son Arthur, nineteen other lodgers, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for fifteen years with ten children, four of whom are still living

  • Death:

  • Q3 1915 (age 35)

  • Mutford "Registration District", Suffolk, England13

Child 1: Alice Hatcher

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Daughter: Alice Hatcher

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Spouse: Robert Stanley Hales

  • Name:

  • Alice Hatcher14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Robert Hall (1901-1932)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Robert Stanley Hales (1903-1969)

  • Birth:

  • 5 Aug 1902

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,14,15,16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8)

  • Crown Inn, Church Street, East Dereham, Norfolk, England4

  •  

  • lodger as Alice Beard living in sixteen rooms with Robert and Elizabeth Fanthorpe and family, her parents Thomas and Mary Ann, half-sister Mary Ann, sister Olive as Oliver, brother Arthur, nineteen other lodgers, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Jun 1918 (age 15)

  • St. Margaret's Church, Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter of Thomas Beard (shipwright) and William (sic) of 3 Alma Road, born 5th August 1902

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 18)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 3 Gun Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert, sons Alan and William, and daughter Marjorie. Born 5th August 1902

  • Death:

  • Q2 1944 (age 41)

  • Fylde "Registration District", Lancashire, England17

Child 2: Olive Beard Hatcher

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Daughter: Olive Beard Hatcher, 1930, age 26

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Spouse: Frederick Bennett

  • Name:

  • Olive Beard Hatcher

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Frederick Bennett (1901-1930)

  • Spouse (2):

  • George William Webb (1904-1974)

  • Birth:

  • 28 May 1904

  • 14 Paynes Court, Tanners Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18,19,20

  •  

  • daughter of Alice Hatcher formerly Lambley a flower seller of 14 Payne's Court Tanners Lane Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • Crown Inn, Church Street, East Dereham, Norfolk, England4

  •  

  • lodger as Oliver (note age in male column) living in sixteen rooms with Robert and Elizabeth Fanthorpe and family, her parents Thomas and Mary Ann, half-sister Mary Ann, sister Alice, brother Arthur, nineteen other lodgers, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17)

  •  

  •  

  • There is an Olive Grace Beard in Lowestoft which is where I would expect she could be, but her place of birth is given as Belfast Ireland, was this an error or a joke?

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 7 Princes Park Parade, Hayes, Middlesex, England19

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her sons Edward and Frederick bennett, step-daughter Marjorie Webb, and two closed records. Born on 28th May 1904

  • Death:

  • Feb 1984 (age 79)

  • Hillingdon "Registration District", Greater London, England20

Child 3: Rose Elizabeth Hatcher

  • Name:

  • Rose Elizabeth Hatcher21,22

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1906

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England21

  • Death:

  • Q2 1906 (age 0)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England22

Child 4: Thomas William Beard Hatcher

  • Name:

  • Thomas William Beard Hatcher23

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1907

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England23

  • Death:

  • Q2 1909 (age 1)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England24

Child 5: Arthur Edward Beard

  • Name:

  • Arthur Edward Beard25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Annie May Lily Wilson (1904-1987)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • barman then a builders labourer26,27

  • Birth:

  • 1 Aug 1909

  • Colchester, Essex, England4,25,27,28,29

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1 yr 6 mns)

  • Crown Inn, Church Street, East Dereham, Norfolk, England4

  •  

  • lodger living in sixteen rooms with Robert and Elizabeth Fanthorpe and family, his parents Thomas and Mary Ann, half-sister Mary Ann, sisters Alice and Olive (as Oliver), nineteen other lodgers, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 11 yrs 10 mns)

  • 4 County Villas, Milton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his father Thomas, step-mother Lily, sister Ruth, lodgers Edward B Wilton (step-sisters husband ), step-sister Mary Ann, step-nephew Thomas W Beard, and step-niece Lily. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 30)

  • 9 Mariners Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England27

  •  

  • a married builders labourer living with his wife Annie, son Frederick, daughter Lilian, and his sister-in-law Violet Wilson. Born on 1st August 1909

  • Death:

  • 12 Jan 1982 (age 72)

  • Waveney "Registration District", Suffolk, England29,30

  • Probate:

  • 6 Jun 1983

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England30

  •  

  • of 174 Raglan Street Lowestoft died 12th January 1982, administration not exceeding £25,000 (~£80,000 in 2017)

Child 6: Ruth Edith Beard

  • Name:

  • Ruth Edith Beard31

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Frederick John Knights (1907-1990)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • factory hand32

  • Birth:

  • 18 Dec 1911

  • Colchester, Essex, England28,31,33

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 9 yrs 6 mns)

  • 4 County Villas, Milton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her father Thomas, step-mother Lily, brother Arthur, lodgers Edward B Wilton (step-sisters husband ), step-sister Mary Ann, step-nephew Thomas W Beard, and step-niece Lily. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Death:

  • Sep 2005 (age 93)

  • Great Yarmouth "Registration District", Norfolk, England33

Note on Husband: Thomas William Beard

Thomas previously married Mary Ann Moody in Norwich registration district in 1897. After Sarah (aka Alice and Mary Ann) had died Thomas lived with Lily (1897-?)34

Note on Wife: Sarah Lambley

Note that Sarah may have been of a dubious character as she seems to change her name, amend her age, had many illigitimate children which makes her elusive, so there is a risk that details may be incorrect

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lothingland 1947 quarter:2 volume:4b page:799. Cit. Date: 24 July 2023.

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England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:11515 class:RG78 piece:631 registration district:232 sub-district:4 enumeration district:1 schedule:57. Cit. Date: 16 July 2023.

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England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9533 registration district:218 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:289. Cit. Date: 5 July 2023.

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11.

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12.

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13.

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17.

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18.

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24.

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33.

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