Betsy (Betsey) Buller [Cossey, Hamilton, Heavers] 1825-1909

Dates

Birth: 1825 Halesworth, Suffolk, UK
Father: Richard Buller 1796-1830
Mother: Hannah Furrington [Driver] c1798-1851

Christening: 22 July 1825 Halesworth, Suffolk, UK

Marriage: July-September 1852 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
Husband: Henry Cossey b1837-b1852/5

Marriage: 16 June 1855 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Husband: John Heavers 1830-1879

Marriage: 12 November 1879 Oulton, Suffolk, UK
Husband: Clement Hamilton c1829-1891/1901

Death: January-March 1909 Kirkley, Suffolk, UK
Buried: Municipal Cemetery, Kirkley, Suffolk, UK

Children

None known

Notes

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Betsy Buller baptised 22 July 1825 in Halesworth, Suffolk, parents Richard and Hannah Buller.

Her father died in Halesworth in 1830, and her mother married George Driver in 1838.

In the 1841 census as Betsy Buller aged 15, born in Suffolk, and a male servant) and living with George Rayner ((aged 25, born in Suffolk and an inn keeper), Sarah Rayner (aged 20 and born in Suffolk), Charles Partridge (aged 10, born in Suffolk and a male servant) and Thmas Spaldin (aged 15, born in Suffolk and a coach painter) in Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk.

In the 1851 census as Betsey Bullar aged 25, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, single, a dress maker, and living with her father-in-law and mother (George and Hanner Driver), (half)sister (Ellen Eve Driver), and her grandmother (Elizabeth Farrington) in Chediston Street, Halesworth, Suffolk.

Marriage of Betsey Buller and Henry Cossey in FreeBMD in July-September 1852 in Yarmouth (4b 2).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Betsy Cossey aged 27, father Richard Bullen, and John Heavers on 16 June 1855 in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

In the 1861 census as Betsy Heavers aged 32, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, a mainers wife, and living at The Beach, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

In the 1871 census as Betsy Heavers aged 42, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, and living with John Heavers at Boarded Cottage, Mill Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Her husband was buried on 17 January 1879 in Oulton.

Entry in Ancestry UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 for Mrs Betsey Heavers dressmaker, Haward Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1879.

Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for Banns of Betsy Heavers, father Richard Buller, and Clement Hamilton on 6 October 1879 at Great Yarmouth St Nicholas. "I request that Banns of Marriage may be published in the Parish Church of St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth Clement Hamilton aged 50, Wid, Sailor, Housekeeper Mr Buller, Hall Quay Chambers, Yarmth for 1 week, and Betsy Heavers aged 50, Widow, Housekeeper With Brother Mr. Buller, Hall Quay Chambers, Yarmth for 1 week, father Richard Buller, Baslet Maker, Dated Oct 6 1879 Signed Betsey Heavers."

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Betsy Hea..Rs, father Richard Batter, and Clement Hamilton on 12 November 1879 at Oulton, Suffolk.

Marriage of Betsy Heavers and Clement Hamilton in FreeBMD in October-December 1879 in Mutford (4a 1691).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Betsy Heavers aged 50, father richard Buller, and Clement Hamilton on 6 October 1879, and another for Betsy Hea..Rs, father Richard Batter (sic), and Clement Hamilton on 12 November 1879 at Oulton, Suffolk.

Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for Betsy Heavers of full age, father Richard Baller, and Clement Hamilton on 12 November 1879 in Oulton, Norfolk. "Page 101 1879 Marriage solemnized in the Parish Church in the parish of Oulton in the County of Suffolk. No. 201 November 12th Clement Hamilton of full age, a widower and Mariner of Oulton, father Henry Hamilton, a Tanner, and Betsey Heavers of full age, a widow of Oulton, father Richard Buller, a Basket Maker. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns in the Presence of us George Harrison and Ellisa Smith".

In the 1881 census as Betsy Hamilton aged 52, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, and living with her husband (Clement Hamilton) at 8 North Raglan St West Side, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Another family and a lodger lived at the same address.

In the 1891 census as Betsy Hamilton aged 59, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, and living with Clement Hamilton in two rooms at 1 Bilston Terrace, Kirkley, Suffolk.

In the 1901 census as Betsy Hamilton aged 72, born in Halesworth, Suffolk, a widow living on her own means, and living at 44 Lawson Road, Kirley, Suffolk. Another family lived at the same address.

Death of Betsy Hamilton in FreeBMD in January-March 1909 aged 81 in Mutford (4a 730).

Entry in Gravestone Photos for Betsy Hamilton buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Kirkley, Suffolk in 1909 aged 81 for Betsey Hamilton buried in 1909 aged 81 in the Municipal Cemetery, Kirkley, Suffolk.

Relationship

Betsy Buller was the wife of John Heavers, uncle of John Thomas Heavers, husband of Clara Elizabeth Cowles, my grandaunt.

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