Benjamin KEAR (General)
by dave willetts 
, Saturday, January 22, 2011, 15:58 (5058 days ago)
Benjamin KEAR married Charlotte ROBINS at Newland on 11 May 1816 by consent of parents. Charlotte was baptised illegitimate on 18 May 1796 at Bream so was probably under 21 on marriage.
Among their children they had Leonora on 03 Aug 1817 and Benjamin in about 1829. The only Benjamin KEAR to appear on any census irrespective of county is the one born in about 1829, suggesting that his father had died by 1841.
The only Benjamin KEAR alive on their marriage day was buried on 20 Feb 1836 aged 72, suggesting that he was 52 at marriage. While possible, rather unlikely?
Leonora KEAR married Samuel WILKS on 27 Mar 1839 when her father Benjamin is recorded as a labourer. She was married again on 19 Dec 1851 to George SUMMERS when her father is recorded as an engineer. What was the recording protocol i.e. is it possible that these refer to previous occupations, or do they imply he was still alive on these dates?
Benjamin KEAR
by m p griffiths , Sunday, January 23, 2011, 10:50 (5058 days ago) @ dave willetts
tried to link to previous reply on forum - December 6 2010
'Robins rang a bell.... In Newland, etc.....Benjamin is the son of Benjamin KEARE and Hester, he was baptised at Bream Chapel (Newland) 28 December 1794'
Josiah KEAR - christened 13 February 1820, address Bilston, Benjamin (labourer) and Charlotte - (East Dean) Drybrook
Bream St James
Leonara KEAR - 3 August 1817, parents Benjm (Collier) & Charlotte
Christenings at Parkend St Pauls
Ann KEAR - christened 26 February 1826, Bream, address: Dark Hole, Benjamin, (engine man) and Charlotte
(married Benjamin JOHNSON - 29 March 1845, Parkend, father: Benjamin KEAR, Engineer)
Harriet KEAR - christened 11 April 1824, Benjamin (Engine Man)
(married Joseph MORRIS, 4 May 1848, father: Benjamin KEAR, Engineer)
Benjamin KEAR - 13 December 1829, Benjamin (Engine Man)
(married Mary HARRIS, 18 March 1849, Woolaston, father: Benjamin KEAR, Engineer)
? Benjamin KEAR was witness at the wedding of Eleanor KEAR/Richard HILL, 11 April 1803 Newland
Benjamin KEAR
by dave willetts , Monday, January 24, 2011, 13:25 (5057 days ago) @ m p griffiths
Your first few lines have helped me sort it out - partially!
Aside from the B KEAR born 1873 Abenhall, there are only 4 Benjamin KEARs on this website:
1 Son of John and Elizabeth, born 1728
2 Son of William and Eleanor, born 1761 or 1762 or 1763 (all are there!)
3 Son of Richard and Hester, born 1794
4 Son of Benjamin and Charlotte, born 1829
The marriages shown are 1788, presumably BK number 2; 1816 presumably BK number 3; and 1849 BK number 4, son of BK number 3. Number 1 does not appear to have married.
Burials are 1836 aged 72, must be of BK number 2; 1790 must be of BK number 1.
Now I am unable to find the burials of BK number 3, the one of principal interest to me, or of his son BK number 4. The father never appears on a census, the son appears on the 1841 and 1851 census and then disappears.
Benjamin KEAR
by m p griffiths , Monday, January 24, 2011, 15:45 (5056 days ago) @ dave willetts
Gloucestershire BDM
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/
Benjamin KEAR married Mary HARRIS, FOD, Woolaston - St Andrew, 1849 - on FOD records
Benjamin KEAR's father:Benjamin KEAR, Mary HARRIS' father: William HARRIS, Labourer
FOD records
Baptism at Woolaston:
Leonara KEAR - 24 June 1849, parents Benjamin & Mary, residence Alvington,
1861 Census, Glos West Dean
Bream
KEAR
Benjamin - age 31 Iron Miner, born Newland
Mary - 31 - born Thornbury Parish
Leonara - 12 - born Parish of Newland, Bream - Leonora - 1849 FOD Chepstow, Lydney
Emma - 9
Fanny -6
Mary Ann - 4
James - 1
Jane HARRIS, Boarder, age 79, formerly Nurse, born Glos Hailburton
1871 Census, Glos
The Plump
KEAR
Benjamin - 40 Iron Miner, bor Glos Bream
Mary - 44 - born Morton Thornby
James - 11 - born Bream
Birtha - 9
Eva Ann - 6 born Cinderford
Sarah Jane - 4
Benjamin - age 2 - born East Dean
Benjamin KEAR
by dave willetts , Monday, January 24, 2011, 17:09 (5056 days ago) @ m p griffiths
I stand corrected about the son's appearance on the census. My census searches do not always reveal what is actually there!