Birth: 30 October 1863 Woodley, Berkshire, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: July-September 1892 Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
Wife: Annie Mary Meakin 1870-1936
Death: 28 February 1940 1 Beaminster Villas, Thorold Road, Saint Cross Estate, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Evelyn Ivy Annie Beard [Shrubb] 1897-1980
Ethel Violet Beard [Hall] 1902-a1940
Another child died before 1911
Birth of Amos Beard in FreeBMD in October-December 1863 in Wokingham (2C 386).
In the 1871 census as Amos Beard aged 7, born in Woodley, Berkshire, and living with his parents (William and Sarah), and brother (William) in Sonning, Berkshire. Was he adopted - his mother is 65 and brother is 21.
In the 1881 census as Amos Beard aged 18, born in Woodley, Berkshire, single, an agricultural labourer, and boarding with Mark Hiscock (aged 35, born in Aldermaston, Berkshire and a gardner), his wife (Ellen aged 30 and born in Hurst, Berkshire), two sons (Chas Henry aged 2 and Willm James aged 7, both born in Caversham, Oxfordshire) and two daughters (Ada Kate aged 5 and Ellen Louisa aged 4, both born in Caversham, Oxfordshire) at Surley Row Bottom, Caversham, Oxfordshire.
In the 1891 census as George Beard aged 27, born in Reading, Berkshire, single, a railway engine fitter, and living with Hannah Hannah (aged 69, born in Long Whatton, Leicestershire and widowed), her son (James aged 30, born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, single and a wood sawyer), her granddaughter (Temperance Hacket aged 15, born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire and no stated employment), and two other boarders (William Pheasant aged 41, born in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, widowed and a japanner, and Christopher Redford aged 21, born in Chirk, Denbighshire, single and a railway engine cleaner) at 44 Victoria Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Marriage of Amos George Beard and Annie Mary Meakin in FreeBMD in July-September 1892 in Leicester (7a 437).
His daughter was born in Leicester in 1898.
In the 1901 census as George Beard aged 36, born in Coalville, Leicestershire (his wife's place of birth is given as Reading Berkshire), a barman, and living with his wife (Annie) and daughter (Ivy) at 8 Bourne Avenue, New Windsor, Berkshire (this address was shared with another family).
In the 1911 census as George Beard aged 46, born in Reading, Berkshire, an innkeeper working on his own account at home, and living with his wife (Annie), two daughters (Ethel and Ivy) and a boarder (Harry Mundy aged 36, born in Farnham, Surrey, single and a cattle drover) in eight rooms at The Alliance, West Street, Farnham, Surrey.
There are entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Amos George Beard address Abbey Street, followed by George Beard 1 West Street qualifying address 8 and 9 Tavistock Cottages, Abbey Street, both in Farnham, Guildford in 1915, another for George Beard address 1 West Street, Farnham in 1918, other occupant Annie Beard (wife?), and some sixty for George Amos Beard address 1 West Street, Farnham in 1918 and 1920, other occupant Annie Mary Beard (wife?), and 1 Beaminster Villas, Thorold Road, Waverley from 1925, Farnham from 1920 to 1939, other occupant Ellen (sic - on the typed original) Mary Beard (wife?) to 1928, Annie Mary Beard (wife?) from 1929 to 1936, and Ethel Violet Beard (daughter?) from 1929 to 1934.
His wife died at Homeleigh, Bullers Road, Weybourne, Farnham on 27 November 1936, but her address was 1 Beaminster Villas, Thorold Road, St Cross Estate, Farnham, and she left effects of £719 2s. 3d., resworn to £909 2s, 3d. to Amos George Beard husband and retired licensed victualler.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Amos E (sic - in the index, G on the original) Beard born 30 October 1863, widowed, a retired licensed Vickielle (victualler) and living at 1 Beaminster Villas, Farnham, Surrey.
Death of Amos G Beard in FreeBMD in January-March 1940 aged 76 in Surrey SW (2a 1341).
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 results for Amos George Beard died on 28 February 1940 in Surrey, probate 18 April 1940 in London. "Beard Amos George of 1 Beaminster Villas Thorold-road Saint Cross Estate Farnham Surrey died 28 February 1940 Probate London 18 April to Evelyn Ivy Annie Shrubb widow and Ethel Violet Hall (wife of Albert William Hall). Effects £1992 8s. 4d."
Woodley is four miles east of Reading.
Amos George Beard was the father of Evelyn Ivy Annie Beard, wife of Reginald Thompson Shrubb, my third cousin once removed.
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