PS Samuel BEARD 1824 Arlingham ( littledean) (General)

by pogle , Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:09 (5613 days ago) @ ChristopherHale13

Thanks very much Chris.

From what I've been able to establish, The Samuel you've found isn't part of my Beard family - that's not to say further back in the lineage there is a link. The story of how the Samuel you have found met his end is very touching nonetheless.

I have been going round in circles for about a few weeks now trying to trace back beyond Samuel's father Nathaniel. From some information slowhands provided and what I have found on IGI and census data, Nathaniel was Christened on 14 May 1809 in Framilode. His Parents listed on IGI are William Beard and Mary. Nathaniel had a brother William who was also born in Framilode in 1800. Unfortunately, IGI shows his parents as being Willim and Elizabeth. Of course this could be correct but I've not yet been able to trace a death or marriage that would tally this up. William has a relationship of Brotehr to Nathaniel the head on the 1861 census and then a a lodger with the Edwards family in High Street on the 1871 census.

Here's the 1881 entry -
BEARD, Hannah Head Widow F 70 1811 No Occupation
Lydney
Gloucestershire VIEW
BEARD, Wm Brother In Law Widower M 83 1798 Pauper No Occ
Framilode
Gloucestershire VIEW

I believe William died in Lydney in 1882.