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My Grandmother Ella Beecher was born Kent 1879 but I can not find any records of her Birth. She Married George Fulcher in Bombay India in 1903. He was in the 1st Batalion Middlesex Regiment

Is this her?


1901 England Census
about Ella Beecher
Name: Ella Beecher
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Servant
Where born: Trowbridge Welles, Kent, England

Civil Parish: St Pancras
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: St Pancras
Sub registration district: Tottenham Court
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 110

Dec 1877

Beecher Helena Naomi Tunbridge 2a 613

This puts her birth a little earlier, in the 1901 census:


Name: Ella Beecher
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Servant
Where born: Trowbridge Welles, Kent, England

Civil Parish: St Pancras
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: St Pancras
Sub registration district: Tottenham Court
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 110


--- but no sign of a birth ...

1881 is this the right family?

Name: Ellenor N. Beecher
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Harriet
Gender: Female
Where born: Tonbridge, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Tonbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: 18 Waterloo Place
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub registration district: Tunbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Albert H. Beecher 1
Alfred F. Beecher 15
Edward Beecher 39
Edward J. Beecher 9
Ellenor N. Beecher 3
Harriet Beecher 43
Harriet E. Beecher 11
Stephen Beecher 5

Beat me to the birth! I wanted to check dates/places first before doing a general surname search. ;)

Have you the marriage certificate? If so, what were her father's details?

Nice mistranscription!


1891 England Census
about Hellena M Bucher
Name: Hellena M Bucher
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Harriett A
Gender: Female
Where born: Tonbridge, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Tunbridge
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter and St Paul
Town: Tunbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View image

Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub registration district: Tunbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert H Bucher 11
Edward Bucher 50
Harrett E Bucher 21
Harriett A Bucher 53
Hellena M Bucher 13
Stephen M Bucher 1

You could do with finding her marriage certificate if possible.........not sure where you'd get that one.

I've looked at all female Beechers born any where around 1879 on Free BMD and there are no obvious Ellas. It could be that was her second name and given to her at baptism.

Then on the 1881 I found an Ellenor

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Edward BEECHER Head M Male 39 Tonbridge, Kent, England Gardener (Domestic)
Harriet BEECHER Wife M Female 43 Chalford, Oxford, England
Alfred F. BEECHER Son U Male 15 Plumsted, Kent, England Brewer
Harriet E. BEECHER Daur Female 11 Tonbridge, Kent, England Scholar
Edward J. BEECHER Son Male 9 Tonbridge, Kent, England Scholar
Stephen BEECHER Son Male 5 Tonbridge, Kent, England Scholar
Ellenor N. BEECHER Daur Female 3 Tonbridge, Kent, England Scholar
Albert H. BEECHER Son Male 1 Tonbridge, Kent, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 18 Waterloo Place
Census Place Tonbridge, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341219
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0920 / 14
Page Number 7


She looks the closest one.

Sue

Lewella,

Well spotted for 1891

Maureen

oops Snap

Sue

Sue,

The more the merrier. At least we are all thinking along the same lines.

Maureen

I think this has to be the right one......I can't see another suitable one.

Sue

It looks hopeful that the Beechers had been in Tonbridge Wells for centuries......the IGI seems to have a lot.

Might mean being able to sort a number of generations relatively easily.

Sue

The marriage is at www.fibis.org


"Transcription of Marriage Indexes 1894-1909"
Year of marriage 1903
Volume 89
Folio 223
Surname FULCHER
First name Ernest
Initials J
Surname BEECHER
First name Ella
LDS Film Number 462969

But no other info.

The ones I've spotted are submitted records though so be careful.

Sue

There are some IGI Batch numbers for Tonbridge

P008391 1553-1812
M008391 1558-1837
M008394 1813-1837

Sue

Thanks for all your responses, am sorting through them. Another thread is her mothers maiden name was "vousden" Gavin

1881 England Census
about Harriet Beecher
Name: Harriet Beecher
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Edward
Gender: Female
Where born: Chalford, Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Tonbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Edward Beecher
Name: Edward Beecher to Harriet Ann Field
Year of Registration: 1864
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Lewisham
County: Greater London, Kent, London
Volume: 1d
Page: 1276


1851 England Census
about Harriet Anne Field
Name: Harriet Anne Field
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Where born: Chalford, Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Aston Rowant
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Registration district: Thame
Sub registration district: Lewknor
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Field 41
Emma Edith Field 8
Harriet Anne Field 12
John Daniel Field 5
Thomas Alfred Field 2
William Field 41
William John Field 15