Forest of Dean FHT Forum - BEAVAN / BEAVER

BEAVAN / BEAVER (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:25:59 +0000

I suspect its just simply how BEAVAN has been transcribed - nothing more sinister :-) hand written r vs. n

Sarah Ann POWELL nee BEAVAN nee SAUNDERS 1811 Monmouth (reply)

winky — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:53 +0000

Would anyone have any idea why the name change from BEAVAN to BEAVER please?

There was a Walter Beavan also who married Alice James in 1871 and his name also later appeared in the census living in Fishponds in Bristol, under the new surname of BEAVER.

If anyone has any knowledge of this I would be very grateful please, as it seems really strange to me!

Best wishes to all.

Carol Brown

Monmouth parish church (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:06:33 +0000

St Mary's was the main church in 1811

Sarah Ann POWELL nee BEAVAN nee SAUNDERS 1811 Monmouth (reply)

Geoff Williams — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:02:09 +0000

Thank you for this information, although I have got most oif it - the main exception being the Banns details. As I noted originally, Sarah Ann's first husband, Samuel Bevan, died in Worcester - of consumption - in 1845 and she married again, but all but one of her children came from her first marriage. Any additional information that you can provide of this family will be most welcome. I am puzzled why, if a Monmouth girl, she married twice in the Forest. Was Samuel Bevan actually a Newland man rather than just living there (I could not find a christening for him there), accounting for her marriage in Newland Church, or had the Sanders family moved there from Monmouth? The St Briavels marriage to John Powell was presumably because Powell was living in that area and she had joined him - or had the Sanders family moved again?

Again, many thatnks

Geoff Williams

Sarah Ann SANDERS 1811 Monmouth (reply)

Geoff Williams — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:53:01 +0000

Many thanks. I have been totally unable to track down her christening, despite searches of the Monmouth records at the Gwent R O. But which church /chapel in Monmouth did the christening take place? William, her father, we know from her marriage record, was a maltster and the next stage is to trace his marriage and perhaps something of his work as a maltster - in Monmouth?

Geoff Williams

Sarah Ann POWELL nee BEAVAN nee SAUNDERS 1811 Monmouth (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:19:03 +0000

Sarah d/o William a Malster

1861
John Powell abt 1823 Berry Hill, Gloucestershire, England Head Aberystruth, Monmouthshire
Sarah A Powell abt 1818 Monmouth Wife Aberystruth, Monmouthshire
William Powell Jabt 1855 White Cross, Gloucestershire, England Son Aberystruth, Monmouthshire
Francis J Bevan abt 1846 Worcestershire, England Stepson Aberystruth, Monmouthshire
Jane Bevan abt 1845 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Stepdaughter Aberystruth, Monmouthshire
Mathew Bevan abt 1840 Monmouth Stepson Aberystruth, Monmouthshire

1851 Berry Hill
James Rowell abt 1772 [1823?] Bury Hill, Gloucestershire, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire
Sarah Powell abt 1815 Monmouthshire, Wales Wife Newland, Gloucestershire
John Powell abt 1850 Berry Hill, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Frances Beaver abt 1845 Thun, Worcestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Jane Beaver abt 1843 Chittenam, Monmouthshire, Wales Daughter Newland, Gloucestershire
Mathew Beaver abt 1839 Monmouthshire, Wales Son Newland, Gloucestershire
Samuel Beaver abt 1841 Chillerhun, Monmouthshire, Wales Son Newland, Gloucestershire

Year: 1849
Month: Dec
Day: 22

Groom Surname: POWELL
Groom Forenames: John Blanch
Groom Age at Marriage: Of F
Groom condition: Bachelor
Groom Rank or Profession: Collier
Groom Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Groom Father's Surname: Powell
Groom Father's Forenames: John
Groom Father's Rank or Profession: Collier

Bride Surname: BEAVAN
Bride Forenames: Sarah Ann
Bride Age at Marriage: Of F
Bride Condition: Widow
Bride Rank or Profession:
Bride Residence: Cold Harbour [?]
Bride Father's Surname: Saunders
Bride Father's Forenames: William
Bride Father's Rank or Profession: Malster
Licence or Banns: Banns
Date of banns:
Signature or Mark: Both sign
Witness 1: Edwin Lloyd [?]
Witness 2: Mark of Clara Roberts
Other witnesses:
Officiating Minister: J Lewis
Event type: Marriage
Memoranda:
Transcriber's Notes:
Register Reference: P278 IN 1/12
Page No: 123
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels

1841
Sarah Beavan abt 1811 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Saml Beavan abt 1812 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Margart Beavan abt 1837 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Matthew Beavan abt 1839 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Saml Beavan abt 1840 Gloucestershire, England Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Year: 1836
Month: Jul
Day: 11

Groom Surname: BEAVAN
Groom Forenames: Samuel
Groom Age at Marriage:
Groom condition: Bachelor
Groom Rank or Profession:
Groom Residence: Newland
Groom Father's Surname:
Groom Father's Forenames:
Groom Father's Rank or Profession:

Bride Surname: SAUNDERS
Bride Forenames: Sarah Ann
Bride Age at Marriage:
Bride Condition: Spinster
Bride Rank or Profession:
Bride Residence: Newland
Bride Father's Surname:
Bride Father's Forenames:
Bride Father's Rank or Profession:
Licence or Banns: Banns
Date of banns:
Signature or Mark: Both sign
Witness 1: Wm Saunders
Witness 2: Jane Beaven
Other witnesses:
Officiating Minister: George Ridout Vicar
Event type: Marriage
Memoranda:
Transcriber's Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/11
Page No: 294
Parish_Chapel: Newland

Sarah Ann SANDERS 1811 Monmouth (reply)

slowhands — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:09:10 +0000

If William is a Maltster.....

Sarah Ann Sanders
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 10 JUL 1811 Monmouth, Monmouth, England
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Parents:
Father: William Sanders
Mother: Mary
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C008555 Film
Sheet:

Sarah Ann Saunders 1809?- 1871

Geoff Williams — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:29:14 +0000

I will be grateful for any information relating to SARAH ANN SAUNDERS / SANDERS, b. Monmouth ca. 1809 (Dixton? - record not fully decipherable); m. (1) SAMUEL BEAVAN, Newland Church July 1836 - he died Worcester, 1845; and (2) JOHN BLANCK POWELL (b ca. 1817, Berry Hill, d. 1862), St Briavels Church, Dec 1849. The Powell moved to Abertillery in South Wales and are buried at St Peter's Church, Blaina. Many thanks.

Geoff Williams