It's been a while since I visited Norwich, England. Each time I am surprised by new development, especially when it changes the roads leading into the city. In the Victorian Britain of my 2x and 3x great grandparents, some areas developed very fast indeed. From wikipedia I learn that Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire grew from a hamlet of 25 people in 1801 to become a parliamentary borough by 1867 with a population over 20,000. Its motto "Erimus" (We shall be), adopted in 1830, had been amply justified, and Middlesbrough was not only a shipping point for coal to London, but boasted its own iron industry. In browsing census returns for ancestors the place, "Middlesbrough", appears more frequently than I would have suspected.
In a former post (Some Advice From Holmes) I related the 1911 England Census, which has Amelia Augusta Tilley, John Tilley's wife, born about 1872 in Durham City, and Minnie Kennett Daw, John Tilley's sister-in-law, born about 1875 in Durham, Langley Moor. The 1914 marriage certificate ("An Identity Revealed") lists Amelia's father as John Beresford, Master Mariner.
In the 1891 England Census for 11 Gloucester Road, Middlesbrough we have:
John Beresford Head M 46 Durham, Durham
Mary A. Wife M 44 Essex, Shoeburyness
Amelia A. Daur S 19 Cashier Durham, Durham
Minnie K. Daur S 16 Cashier Durham, Langley Moor
Ada M. Daur 13 Durham, Sunderland
William A. Son 12 Scholar Durham, Langley Moor
Thomas K. Son 10 Scholar Durham, Sunderland
Albert E. Son 5 Scholar Yorkshire, Middlesbro
Adela V. Daur 4 Scholar Yorkshire, Middlesbro
Robert B. Hayes Visitor S 29 Dramatic Artist Ireland
I cannot make out the occupation for John Beresford. The letters appear readable, they just don't make sense to me, "B.T. Tapeholder Sharman"?? Or is he a "Showman" associated with the dramatic artist. See if you can read something intelligible into them!
Minnie K is Minnie Kennett Beresford, who would become the Minnie Kennett Daw of the 1911 census.
In 1881, the family is at 30 Duke Street, Monkwearmouth, Durham, which makes sense since Thomas K. was born in Co. Durham about 1881.
John Beresford Head Mar 36 Seaman Durham City
Mary A. Wife Mar 34 Shoeburyness, Essex
Annie E. Daur 12 Durham, Sunderland
Minnie K. Daur 6 Scholar Durham, Langlemoor
Ada M. Daur 4 Scholar Durham, Sunderland
William N. Son 2 Durham, Brandon
Thomas K. Son 5 mos Durham, Brandon
Also, in the 1881 England Census, Amelia is not among the siblings, but with her maternal grandparents at Langley Moor (schedule no. 96).
William Kennett Head Mar 62 Labourer Kent, Monkton
Ann Wife Mar 63 Devonshire
Rosetta M. Wilson Daur Mar 23 Yorkshire, Lyth
Thomas Wilson Son-in-law Mar 29 Moulder Durham City
Amelia Beresford Grand Daur 9 Scholar Durham City
Violet Trotter Grand Daur 6 Scholar Durham, Sunderland
In 1871 we have at 11 Magdalene Street, Durham:
John Beresford Head Marr 25 Porter Durham City
Mary Ann Beresford Wife Marr 23 Essex, Shoeburyness
Ann E Beresford Daur 2 Durham, Sunderland
Rosetta Beresford Daur 11 mos Durham, Sunderland
William Kennett Father-in-law Mar 52 Labourer Kent, Monkton
Ann Kennett Mother-in-law Mar 54 Devons., Budleigh
Rosetta M Sister-in-law 13 Scholar Yorks., Kettleness
Following John and Mary A Beresford forward to 1901 at 80 Granville Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough:
John Beresford Head M 56 Retired Seaman Durham, Durham
Mary A Wife M 54 Essex, Shoebury.
William A Son S 22 Clerk ??Wellington Steel Foundry Durham, Brandon
Thomas K Son S 20 Apprentice Mechanical Engineer Durham, Sunderland
Albert E Son 15 Apprentice Marine Draughtsman Yorks, Middlesbrough
Adela V Daur 14 Yorks, Middlesbrough
And in 1911 at 19 Upton Street Middlesbrough:
John Beresford Head 66 Married Mariner Rigger Steel Works City of Durham
Mary Ann Wife 64 Married Shoeburyness
John specifies that he was born St Margaret's Parish, City of Durham. Also of note, they report having 10 children of whom 8 are living. Here follows some likely BMD Index references for them:
Annie E
Ann Elizabeth BMD Birth Index Sep1868 Sunderland 10a 513;
and Annie Elizabeth BMD Marriage Index Dec1885 Middlesbro 9d 984 Joshua Naylor Hemingway.
Rosetta E
Rosetta Eveline BMD Birth Index Jun1870 Durham 10a 421;
and Rosetta Eveline BMD Death Index Sep1874 Durham 10a 267 Age:4.
Amelia Augusta
Amelia Augusta BMD Birth Sep1871 Durham 10a 410;
and Amelia A Beresford BMD Marriage Index Jun1914 Paddington 1a 211 John Tilley;
and Amelia A Tilley BMD Death Index Mar1959 Fulham 5c 668 Age:87.
Minnie K
Minnie Kennett Beresford BMD Birth Index Sep1874 Durham 10a 448
and Minnie Kennett Beresford BMD Marriage Index Sep1897 Medway 2a 1201 Joseph Daw
Ada M probably Ada Matilda Beresford BMD Birth Index Dec1876 Sunderland 10a 635;
and Ada Matilda Beresford BMD Marriage Index Jun1899 Sunderland 10a 1080 to John William Dalkin.
William A probably William Adolphus Beresford BMD Birth Index Mar1879 Durham 10a 364
and William Adolphus Beresford BMD Marriage Index Dec1904 Middlesbro 9d 1045 to Lilian Mabel Edwards.
Thomas K probably Thomas Kennett Beresford BMD Birth Index Dec1880 Sunderland 10a 545;
and Thomas K Beresford BMD Death Index Jun1950 Middlesbro 1b 702 Age:69.
Albert E probably Albert Edward Beresford BMD Birth Index Jun1885 Middlesbro 9d 556;
Adela V probably Adella Victoria Beresford BMD Birth Index Mar1887 Middlesbro 9d 549;
and Adela Victoria Beresford BMD Marriage Index Sep1907 Middlesbro 9d 982 to George Cecil Cox.
Above are nine of the siblings. Of the missing sibling who had died, I would suggest a likely candidate as Mary Ann K Beresford BMD Birth Index Dec1872 Durham 10a 411 and BMD Death Index Sep1874 Durham 10a 263 Age:1. I am drawn to this one chiefly because, if so, the K is probably Kennett. She and Rosetta would have died in the same quarter just days apart; Mary Ann's entry in the register is only 4 entries away from Rosetta's. In which case, I would imagine infectious disease as the cause of their deaths. Of course, this is pure speculation, which the appropriate death certificates could confirm or dispel.
Of the parents:
John Beresford and Mary Ann Kennett BMD Marriage Index Dec1867 Sunderland 10a 581
Mary Ann Kennett BMD Birth Index Jun1847 Rochford 12 194
Mary A Beresford BMD Death Index Jun1912 Middlesbro 9d 648 Age:66
John Beresford BMD Death Index Jun1912 Stockton 10a 71 Age:67
However, I can find no obvious birth record in Durham for John Beresford in about 1845. I have sent for a birth certificate for John Berresford BMD Birth Index Jun1845 Durham 24 104, as well as the above marriage certificate for John and Mary Ann. They should arrive some time this week. This morning as I started writing I searched for "B.T. Tapeholder census occupation" and this yielded a genforum email from Duncan Brown to Viv Rampling, which discloses the details of several BMD certificates. The email gave another clue for "B.T. Tapeholder" - or at least the "B.T." part of it.. Duncan Brown cites the Birth Certificate for Adella Victoria Beresford in which her father John reported the birth, giving his occupation as Board of Trade Officer. So I am thinking that the B.T. might refer to the Board of Trade.
As for the John Beresford records, first the birth certificate as recorded in the email:
JOHN BERRESFORD, born May 18, 1845 in Durham City at the Crossgate Workhouse to an unwed mother ELIZABETH BERRESFORD, father left blank.
And then the marriage certificate:
JOHN is listed as aged 22, a bachelor, occupation appears to be 'SERVICES'. He was living at 22 Lodge something. His father is listed as JOHN BERESFORD, deceased, and was an Attorney's Clerk.MARY ANN is 20, spinster, living at 3 Lodge something, father William Kennett, coast guard. Witnesses were R W Cowlourd and Mahala Kennett. Marriage was 2 Oct 1867, Sunderland, Durham.
And additionally the death certificate:
JOHN BERESFORD death certificate JUNE QUARTER Stockton 10A 71: died 3 MAY 1912, at 5 The Green, Norton, Stockton, county of Durham, aged 67 years of acute pneumonia syncope. JOHN's occupation was MASTER MARINER MERCHANT SERVICE. Informant was his daughter A.E. HEMINGWAY, present at his death. Her address was 41 Chester road, Sunderland. (This was likely his first born daughter, ANNIE E, born 1869, Sunderland).
The problems with the birth certificate are apparent, and the email examines them in some detail. Briefly, "Berresford" has an extra r, and may not be the same person. And then, John Beresford's father, John, Attorney's Clerk, seems inconsistent with an unwed mother, Elizabeth Berresford. However Duncan Brown had done much research, and it seemed to him by a process of elimination that John Berresford of the birth registration and our John Beresford could still be one and the same. It is still possible that these two are different people, in which case, the birth of our John Beresford went unrecorded, while the workhouse John Berresford died or emigrated before leaving another record.
I can only add to this the possibility of John Berresford being taken in by Elizabeth's family and adopted (informally, of course) by an uncle John, the Attorney's Clerk. Also, in 1911 John Beresford reported his place of birth as St Margaret's, City of Durham, which is where the Crossgate Union Workouse lies.
There are possibilities of where to go from here to find more about the origins John Beresford - my step 2x great grandfather. I have found nothing in the National Probate Calendar for evidence of a will that might contain a date of birth for our John Beresford. There is no John Beresford born about 1845 indexed among Masters and Mates Certificates. St Margaret's Durham baptismal records might have something for John Berresford, but this may take no nearer connecting him to out John Beresford than the civil registration. There may be a burial record for John Beresford in Middlesbrough, or even a tombstone, recording a date of birth.
My stepfather's middle name was Beresford, his maternal grandmother's maiden name. I have already mentioned his father, Vivian Kennett Tilley, on the blog. The name "Vivian" turns out to be his paternal grandmother's maiden name. While as we have seen here, the name "Kennett" is his maternal grandmother's maiden name. I have since learned - thanks Steve Meredith - that he did not favor either of his given names, preferring Frank instead. This may have come from his uncle Frank, actually Llewellyn Frank, who by 1871 went by Lewis, and then appears to have records in India with the name Frank Llewellyn Tilley. He may have some living descendants in Canada, and I may post about him and his siblings another time.
The documentation of the family tree continues its development, but don't expect it to reach 20,000 any time soon!
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