BESLEY ex TIVERTON
John m. Mary Jones
4 Mar 1802 14 Feb 1836 abt 1810
Tiverton Barnstaple Barnstaple
d. 1865 bur.1893
Barnstaple Barnstaple
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John James Marian Emma Kate Henry Thomas Frank William Russell
b. 25 Sept
3Q 1837 3Q 1839 4Q 1842 ? 4Q 1844 4Q 1846 St Martin, London 4Q 1852
d. 8 May d. 1Q 1911 d. 1892 d. 1Q 1919 d. 3Q 1915 d. 12 Dec
1915 1913
Watford, Herts Hastings, Sx Barnstaple Camberwell
m. 1Q 1862 3Q 1864 m. 4Q 1869 m. 2Q 1869 m. 1881 m. 28 Jul 1883
Axminster Barnstaple Greenwich Greenwich Bodmin, Corn. Wandsworth
Elizabeth John William Lucy Jessie Edith Ann Catherine
Bridle Murch Manger Daykin Horne Tregenza Kirk
1833 abt 1841 abt 1848 abt 1854 abt 1851
Colyton, Devon Rye, Sussex Barnstaple Twickenham Shepshed, Leic.
d. 1913 d. 1922 I
I Kate I I
I abt 1867 see below see below m.
I Alice Bertha
I Lowson
I abt 1870
I Greenwich
I d. 17 Sept. 1920
I Lee, Kent
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Percy Lucy Gertrude Jessie Russell Edgar Katrine Marie
1862 1863 1865 1868 1871 1873 3Q 1886
Hackney Hackney Hackney Islington Islington Islington St Geo Hanover Sq
d. 17 Feb d. 20 Feb
1956 1901
Hastings Bentley Manor
East Sussex Tamworth
m. 12 Feb 1892 m. 17 Mar 1894 m. 3Q 1895
Barnet Christchurch
Rosa Edith Lee William Stiles Leitch Minnie Anne
abt 1869 Tytherleigh
abt 1868
I Axminster
I d. 13 Feb
I 1Q 1919
I E Preston all b. Wallington
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Howard Napier Douglas Percy Vida Kate Gladys Lucy Marion Emma Elsie Margaret Philip Russell
4Q 1892 1Q 1894 3Q 1895 1898 4Q 1896 4Q 1898 13 Jun 3Q 1906
Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Croydon Croydon Croydon
d. 1917 d. 1950 d. 1989
Arras, France Torbay, Devon
m. 5 Feb 1912 m. m. 1921 ? m. 2Q 1923 m. 2Q 1934
Greater London Edmonton Croydon Totnes, Devon
Mariposa Blumenthal Florence Newman Eric G Barnard Philip B Diplock Betty H D Dawe
1884 abt 1896
d. 11 Jan 1983
Stratford - on - Avon
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Ian Evelyn Napier
1913 - 1981
Notes:
EDGAR BESLEY 1873: 1881 - 8 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 18 yrs, woollen warehouseman, living with parents.
EMMA BESLEY 1842: 1851 - 8 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 18 yrs, stationer's assistant, living with parents.
FRANK BESLEY 1849: 1851 - 1 yr, living with parents. 1861 - 11 yrs, living with parents.
GERTRUDE BESLEY 1865: 1881 - 16 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 26 yrs, living with parents.
HENRY THOMAS BESLEY 1846: 1851 - 4 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 14 yrs, banker's clerk, living with parents.
JESSIE BESLEY 1868: 1881 - 12 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 23 yrs, living with parents.
JOHN BESLEY 1802: 1841 - 35 yrs, grocer, dwelling High St. Barnstaple, with wife and 2 children, also Hannah Jones 70 yrs. (Is this Mary's mother?) 1851 - 49 yrs, master grocer, dwelling Barnstaple with wife and 5 children. 1861 - 59 yrs, grocer's assistant, dwelling Boutport St., Barnstaple with wife and 4 children. Died aged 63 yrs.
Wife MARY abt 1810: 1841 - 30 yrs. 1851 - 41 yrs. 1861 - 52 yrs. 1871 - 61 yrs, widow, living alone at 57 Malpas Rd., Deptford. 1881 - 71 yrs, widowed annuitant, dwelling 78 Florence St., Deptford with youngest son, William. 1891 - 81 yrs, widowed mother of widowed Kate Daykin, at 5 Devon Shore St., Hastings, Sussex. Died aged 84 yrs.
JOHN JAMES BESLEY 1837: 1841 - 3 yrs, living with parents. 1851 - 13 yrs, apprentice to woollen draper, dwelling Parinter household, Cross St., Barnstaple. 1861 - ? . 1871 - 33 yrs, Commercial traveller Woollens, dwelling 16 Pyaland Rd., Islington, with wife and 4 children. 1881 - 43 yrs, commercial traveller, dwelling 8 Stavordale Rd., Tinbury, Islington, with wife and 6 children. 1891 - 53 yrs, Woollen agent (mfg), dwelling 86 Highbury St., Highbury, Islington, London, with wife and 4 grown up children. 1 servant and niece in household. 1901 - 63 yrs, agent for woollen manufacturer, dwelling 3 Cambridge Rd., Prittlewell, Essex, with wife and married son, Russell in the household.
Probate: Besley - John James of 7 Essex Rd, Watford, Hertfordshire, died 8 May 1915. Probate London 10 Jun to Russell Besley, shipper and Jessie Leitch, widow. Effects £394 4s 2d.
Wife ELIZABETH BRIDLE MURCH 1833: 1881 - 46 yrs. 1891 - 56 yrs, 1901 - 66 yrs.
KATE BESLEY 1844: 1851 - 6 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 16 yrs, draper's assistant, living Cornhill, Bridgwater, Somerset. 1891 - 45 yrs, widow dwelling 5 Devon Shore St., Hastings, Sussex, with daughter Kate 24, and widowed mother.
LUCY BESLEY 1863: 1881 - 18 yrs, with parents.
MARIAN BESLEY 1839: Baptised St Peters Barnstaple 1839. 1841 - 1 yr, living with parents. 1851 - 11 yrs, living with parents. 1881 - 41 yrs, married with 4 children. Died aged 72 yrs.
Husband JOHN MANGER abt 1841 - 1881 - 40 yrs, music box manufacturer, employing 10 men and 1 boy, dwelling Bromley Rd The Limes, Lee, Kent, with wife and 4 children.
PERCY BESLEY 1862: 1881 - 17 yrs, clerk for colonial brokers, with parents. 1891 - ? .
RUSSELL BESLEY 1871: 1881 - 10 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 20 yrs, woollen warehouseman, living with parents. 1901 - 30 yrs, married, traveller for manufacturer of India Rubber, in parents household at time of census. 1911 - 40 yrs, Rubber Companys Assistant manager, dwelling Hazelhurst, Springfield Rd., Wellington, Surrey, with wife and the three living children - one deceased.
Wife MINNIE ANNE: 1911 - 43 yrs.
Probate: Besley - Minnie Anne of Melrose Crescent Rd, Worthing (wife of Russell Besley), died 13 February 1919. Probate Chichester 12 March to the said Russell Besley, colonial exporter. Effects £123 15s.
WILLIAM RUSSELL BESLEY 1852: 1861 - 8 yrs, living with parents. 1871 - 18 yrs, assistant pattern book maker, dwelling 34 Old Change, St. Vedast Foster Lane, London. 1881 - 28 yrs, commercial traveller - drapery, dwelling 78 Florence Rd., Deptford, with widowed mother. 1891 - 38 yrs, manufacturers assistant, dwelling 40 Endwell Rd., Deptford, with wife Ann. 1901 - 48 yrs, single, manager for foreign makers of silks and ribbons, dwelling 38 Bowness Rd., Lewisham, London. Died aged 61 yrs.
Probate: William Russell Besley of 40 Endwell Rd, Brockley, Kent, died 12 Dec 1913 at the railway Station, Nunhead, Kent. Administration London 29 Jan to Alice Bertha Besley, widow. Effects £394 4s 2d.
Wife ANN CATHERINE KIRK abt 1851: 1891 - 40 yrs. What happened to her - can't find death reg.
Wife ALICE BERTHA:
Probate: Alice Bertha Besley of 40 Endwell Rd, Brockley, Kent, widow, died 17 September 1920 at 3 Manor Park, Lee, Kent. Probate London 29 October to Dorothy Sophia Rebecca Lowson, spinster. Effects £130 1s 3d.
Henry Thomas m. Lucy Jessie Horne
4Q 1846 2Q 1869 abt 1848
Barnstaple Barnstaple
d. 1Q 1919
Barnstaple
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Walter Phillip Catherine Winnifred Alice Rosa
1Q 1870 5 Jan 1873 1Q 4Q 1874
Barnstaple Barnstaple Barnstaple
d. 23 Nov 1934 d. 14 Jun 1956 d. 2Q 1938
Hendon, MDX Vancouver, Canada Uxbridge, MDX
bur. 26 Nov
St John Evang, Stanmore
m. 2Q 1899 m. 17 Jun 1899 m. 3Q 1899
Ripon, Yorks. London Richmond Sth, Surrey
Helen Winifred Whitaker Edward Adderley Charles Albert Hindley
abt. 1873 St.George Smyth abt 1876
Yorks. 1863 – 1939
d. 1963
I
Phillip
1901
London City
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ALICE ROSA BESLEY 1874: 1881 - 6 yrs, with parents. 1891 - 16 yrs, living with parents.
HENRY THOMAS BESLEY 1846: 1851 - 4 yrs, living with parents. 1861 - 14 yrs, banker's clerk, living with parents. 1871 - 24 yrs, bankers clerk, dwelling Castle St., with wife and young son - 1 servant. 1881 - 34 yrs, banker, dwelling 58 High St., Barnstaple, with wife and daughter - also in household was Lucy's sister, and two servants. 1891 - 44 yrs, bank manager (Devon and Cornwall Bank), dwelling 18 High St., Ilfracombe with wife and two offspring. 1 domestic servant. 1901 - 54 yrs, retired banker, dwelling Crofts Lea Park, Ilfracombe, with wife. 1911 - 64 yrs, married, living on own means, at Sladelands, Crofts Lea Park, Ilfracombe in house of 7 rooms by himself - wife visiting in Surrey. Married 41 yrs - had 3 children - all living in 1911. Died aged 72 yrs.
"The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the County Court of Devonshire, hplden at Barnstaple. In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by George Maxwell, of Barnstaple, in tbe county of Devon, Wine and Spirit Merchant. HENRY THOMAS BESLEY, of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, Accountant, has been appointed Trustee of the property of the debtor. All persons having in their possession any of the effects of the debtor must deliver them to the trustee, and all .debts due to the debtor must be paid to the trustee. Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must forward their proofs .of debts to the trustee.—Dated this 18th day of September, 1876." From THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 22, 1876.
North Devon Records Office
2309 B/T35/108-110 1899 - 1900
Contents: Abstract of title of Henry T. Besley Premises: fields and closes in Chambercombe
Wife LUCY JESSIE HORNE abt 1848: 1871 - 23 yrs. 1881 - 33 yrs. 1891 - 43 yrs. 1901 - 53 yrs. 1911 - 63 yrs, visitor in Dickins household, 52 Putney Hill. Surrey.Died aged 72 yrs.
WALTER PHILLIP BESLEY 1870: 1871 - 1 yr, living with parents. 1881 - 11 yrs, boarder at King's College, Cambridge. 1891 - 21 yrs, scholar of King's College, Cambrdge, at home with parents and younger sister. 1901 - 31 yrs, Church of England Clergyman, dwelling 6 ?men Court, Christchurch, Newgate, with wife, son Phillip (under 1 month), three servants and mother-in-law Caroline Whittaker (55).
1933 Kelly's Directory for Middlesex - "Besley, Walter Phillip MVO MA., Breckamore, Stanmore Hill, Stanmore. Died aged 64 yrs Beckamore, The Hill.
Frank m. Edith Tregenza
4Q 1849 3Q 1881 abt. 1854
Barnstaple Bodmin Twickenham, SW
d. 3Q 1915
St. Martin, London
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Frank John Edith Mary Arthur Tregenza
2Q 1882 4Q 1884 4Q 1898
Deptford Winchmore Hill, N Crouch End, N
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ARTHUR TREGENZA BESLEY 1898: 1901 - 2 yrs, living with parents.
EDITH MARY BESLEY 1884: 1901 - 16 yrs, living with parents.
FRANK BESLEY 1849: 1901 - 51 yrs, Textile Agent (working on own account), dwelling 65 Middle Lane, Hornsey, MDX, with wife, 3 children and niece Kate Daykin (saleswoman of music books b. Stokehewington N.). Died aged 66 yrs.
Wife EDITH TREGENZA abt 1854: 1901 - 47 yrs.
FRANK JOHN BESLEY 1882: 1901 - 18 yrs, apprentice Shippers Australian, living with parents.