Esther Beasley

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Rousham, Oxfordshire, England
• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1885; Meriden 6d - 427

Notes:

Why have I put Esther Beasley here.
The place Coleshill occurs in Family recollections and the fact that Esther's parents died when she was young.
When married John Bolestridge was quoted as her father on the certificate
There was a John Bolestridge who was lived at Coleshill and died in 1897
A Mary Ann Beasley also died in 1897 .
In the 1891 Census Hannah Bolstridge and one of her illigitimate children resided with a John Jaques
1891 Census Coleshill RG12 - 2440 41 High Street Coleshill
John Jaques Head Wid 60 Labourer b. Sutton Coldfied
Mary Beasley House Keeper Wid 60 b. Birmingham
**Esther Beasley Boarder Scholar 5 b. Coleshill**
Thomas Johns Boarder Widower Nailor b. Bristol
Hannah Bolstridge 35 Border Single Charwoman b. Birmingham
Emma Bolstridge age 7 Scholar Border b. Coleshill
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In the 1901 Census we have at Cole End Cottage Coleshill
John Jaques 71 Wid Farm Labourer born Erdington
Esther Beasley 16 Domestic Servant born Coleshill
Ellen Baker Visitor age 11 born Staffs Cheadle
Esther Wilson Visitor 7? (could be wks) born (Not noted)
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Although Esther stated her age as 20 when married at her death in 1965 church records say she was 78.

Birth Certificate Does not show father.

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The following may be significant.
1841 Census Fiche 351 Sch 2 Page 33B
Great Barr Staffs Long Wood Farm

Samuel Bunney 60 Farmer N
Mary Bunney 65 N
John Beesley 38 N
Ruth Beesley 8 N
William Bolstridge 19 M/S N
Ann Scoffom 20 F/S N
This William Bolstridge appears to be the William who married Elizabeth Griffin Father of John the reputed father of Esther Beasley

On the IGI the following entry
RUTH BEESLEY
Christening: 05 APR 1833 Coleshill, Warwick, England
Father: JOHN BEESLEY
Mother: HANNAH
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Esther married Abraham Wilks on 15 Apr 1902 in Methodist Chapel, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. Abraham (son of Arthur Wilks and Mary Ann Timms) was born in 1884 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]