The Weald - People history and genealogy

Date

Type

Information

Source

1888

Born

At Boars Head in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Crowborough Parish Registers

30^th Sep 1888

Christened

At St. John's Chapel in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex; son of James Beard (gardener) and Elizabeth Jane Beard

Crowborough Parish Registers

12^th Oct 1918

Died

In the Country of India

after 12^th Oct 1918

Buried

At Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery in the Country of India

Crowborough War Memorial Roll of Honour - Beard A. Corporal
Albert James Beard (1888-1918) - Corporal 22175, 'D' Company, 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died aged 30 of influenza in India 12 October 1918 and buried on 13 October in Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery Plot H80. He is commemorated on Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India. Face 12. He was born at Rotherfield, enlisted Crowborough, resident Tunbridge Wells and was the son of James and Elizabeth Jane Beard, of 2, Prospect Cottages, Beacon Road, Crowborough.

5^th Apr 1891

Census

At Boarshead in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Albert James Beard, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

John Beard

m: 26^th Oct 1788 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent

Ann Burfoot

b: c 1765

b: 1767 Cowden, Kent
ch: 22^nd Feb 1767 St. Mary Magdalene

James

Fanny

John

Thomas

William

Joseph

Sarah

b: 1788 Cowden, Kent
ch: 26^th Oct 1788 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1791 Cowden, Kent

b: 1794 Cowden, Kent
ch: 20^th Feb 1794 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1798 Cowden, Kent
ch: 19^th Aug 1798 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1801 Cowden, Kent
ch: 26^th Apr 1801 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1804 Cowden, Kent
ch: 18^th Mar 1804 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1805 Cowden, Kent
ch: 6^th Oct 1805 St. Mary Magdalene

Great-Great-
Grandfather record

James Beard

m: c 1820

Mary

b: 1788 Cowden, Kent
ch: 26^th Oct 1788 St. Mary Magdalene

b: 1799 Buxted, Sussex

4 more children

James

Sarah

b: 1821 to 1837

b: 1827 Withyham, Sussex

b: 1833 Withyham, Sussex

Great-
Grandfather record

James Beard
farm labourer

m: 24^th Aug 1851 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Eliza Taylor

b: 1827 Withyham, Sussex

b: 1832 Crowborough, Sussex
ch: 29^th Oct 1832 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Mary Duval

James

Alfred

Eliza

Sarah Ann

Rose Charlotte

Henry

Frederick

b: 1853 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 10^th Apr 1853 St. Michael's Church

b: 1855 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 30^th Dec 1855 St. Michael's Church

b: 1859 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 10^th Oct 1859 St. Michael's Church

b: 1860 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 26^th Aug 1860 St. Michael's Church

b: 1864 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 31^st Jan 1864 St. Michael's Church

b: 1866 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 25^th Mar 1866 St. Michael's Church

b: 1869 Crowborough, Sussex
ch: 17^th Oct 1869 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Grandfather record

James Beard
gardener

m: c 1879

Elizabeth Jane

b: 1855 St Johns, Withyham, Sussex
ch: 30^th Dec 1855 St. Michael's Church

b: 1859 Hampshire

Rose Annie

Leonard George

Edith Mary

Albert James

b: 9^th Dec 1881 Crowborough, Sussex
ch: 22^nd Jan 1882 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex

b: 1885 Crowborough, Sussex
ch: 7^th Jun 1885 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex
d: 27^th Mar 1916
bur: After 27^th Mar 1916 St Mary, Shotley, Suffolk

b: 1887 Hartfield, Sussex
ch: 27^th Feb 1887 St. Mary's Church

b: 1888 Boars Head, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 30^th Sep 1888 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex
d: 12^th Oct 1918 India
bur: After 12^th Oct 1918 Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery, India

Parental record