I have just come across your post and I think our families are distantly connected

Nathaniel - Samuels father came from Framilode- send me an e-mail and I will send you the link to my website so you can check

Not sure we have a connection although that's not to say further back than I've been able to go there isn't one.

My family lived in Regent Street Lydney. The other family names are Coslett which was passed to my mother's generation and Pullen which went as far as my grandfather's. Very few of the Beard family had children from my grandparetns generation onwards and can't find an ovbious to your lineage I'm afraid. Prior to that generation I've traced the family to other parts of Gloucestershire outside FOD.

This site has been brilliant in terms of the information available and the very helpful people who use the forum.

If you've exhausted what's here, not sure if you've seen the site of memorial inscrptions where Alf Beard has transcribed those in Lyndey cheurch. I found my g Grandparents details (Charles and Hannah) on the site. There are a few other Beards there too.

http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/GLS/Lydney/MIs.html

Name: Frank Beard
Spouse : Evelyn A Barnes
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1918
Registration district: Gloucester
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 609

or maybe

Name: Oscar Beard
Spouse : Ida M Barnes
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1919
Registration district: Gloucester
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 939

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Name: Harold F Beard
Mother's Maiden Surname: Barnes
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1918
Registration district: Gloucester
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 439

Name: Harold F Beard
Spouse : Florence M Salcombe
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1941
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 1143

Name: Peter T Beard
Mother's Maiden Surname: Salcombe
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1947
Registration district: F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 618

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Name: Thomas H Salcombe
Spouse : Ivy E Sterrey
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1919
Registration district: Chepstow
Registration county (inferred): Monmouthshire
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 45

Name: Florence M Salcombe
Mother's Maiden Surname: Sterrey
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1920
Registration district: Chepstow
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 24

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Name: Albert Beard
Age : 88
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1960
Registration district:F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire,
Volume Number:7b
Page Number: 391

1881 Albert St
Samuel Beard abt 1829 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Head Lydney, Gloucestershire
Caroline Beard abt 1831 Monmouth, Wales Wife Lydney, Gloucestershire
Tom Beard abt 1864 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Samuel Beard abt 1867 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Emma Beard abt 1870 Newland, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
Albert Beard abt 1872 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Beard abt 1874 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire

My paternal grandmother Frances's maiden name was Sterry (sometimes spelt Sterrey) and the family home was 29 Albert Street, Lydney. My grandmother had a sister Evelyn Ivy (generally called "Ivy" or within the family "Eggy") who had a daughter Flo (presumably Florence) by her husband Tom Salcombe.

Flo married a Harold Beard who I understand was ostracised by the family over some kind of financial irregularity around the early 1950s - I remember as a small boy that we were sent what I believe to have been a copy of the Lydney Observer publicising Harold's indiscretion but I have not so far found the article in the newspaper archives at Cinderford library.

Harold and Flo when at 29 Albert Street had a son Peter Beard who I believe has died. I would put Harold's aged in the early fifties as very approximately 35 if he was about the same age as Flo, whilst Peter Beard would have been born in about 1945.

I have no other trace on related Beards, but while examining gravestones in Lydney churchyard a couple of years ago I noted a grave of one Albert Beard, died 1960 aged 88, having been resident at 16 Albert Street.

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.

I visited FOD last Sep 2008 chasing up my Hale family tree. The Hales were from Littledean and intermarried with Beards a couple of times!

Edward Hale, b. abt 1660, m. Hannah Beard 20/11/1682 Hardwicke, Glos.

I have researched Hardwicke and there were many Beards in Hardwicke over the next 100 years or so.

Another Edward Hale, b. 15 Dec 1706, d. 1765 Littledean, m. 1728 Hannah Beard, b. Littledean, d. 3 Feb 1758 Littledean.

The incident that slowhands refers to re. Sergeant Beard is recorded in St. Ethelbert's churchyard on the Sergeant's headstone which I photographed at the time and is still clearly legible. (So many of the others are not as they are made from a 'soft' local stone which is prone to weathering.)

Hope this is of some help.

Chris.

Late on the night of 17 August, Sergeant Beard was on plain clothes duty keeping observations for night-time poachers near West Dean in the Forest
of Dean; he confronted four suspects whom he attempted to detain but was knocked down and repeatedly bludgeoned and kicked receiving a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died a week later.

Four men were charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to 15 years penal servitude.

Samuel Beard was stationed at Littledean.

He was survived by his pregnant wife and 6 small children.

1861
Samuel Beard abt 1824 Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England Head Littledean, Gloucestershire
Jane Beard l abt 1827 Setheny, Gloucestershire, England Wife Littledean, Gloucestershire
Jane Beard abt 1846 Chettenham, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Louisa Beard abt 1848 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
William Morton Beard abt 1851 Sidenham, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Beard abt 1853 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire
Emily Beard abt 1857 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Frederick Beard abt 1859 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire

From what I've found so far, Samuel b Mar 1836 and buried in Newerne Jan 1916. His parents were Nathanael (sic) and Ann. Nathanael was born around 1809 so could be a younger brother although estimating his birth year around 1824 makes it a bit bit unliekly due to the age gap. Nontheless, gives me another avenue to explore which I'll certainly do.

The Samuel I've tracked back to was married to Dinah Pullen in about 1864 and they had 4 children born between 1869 and 1872.

Thnaks again for taking the time to provide the information.

Dinah PULLUM, age 18, House Servant, born Cold Aston, Gloucestershire

Working for William MASON, a Malster.

Looking at the 1841 Census for Cold Aston : There is a

Henry PULLIN age 35
and Sarah PULLIN age 25

1841 Census, Aston Blank (Cold Aston) 0.02 miles between each place

John PULLIN age 55
Mary - age 50
Job - 14
John - 14
Dinah - 7
Jess - 6

1851 census, Aston Blank

John PULLEN age 69 Ag. Lab born Aston Blank
Mary age 6? - born Aston Blank
Job PULLEN - Age 28, Son, born Aston Blank
Jessey CASTLE - Grandson - age 3 born Aston Blank * IGI : Jesse PULLUM CASTLE, christened 23 April 1848, parents Charles & Ann CASTLE

Looks as if Mum Ann - had her hands full

1851 Census, Hawling, Glos

Charles CASTLE age 27, born Little Barrington
Ann CASTLE - 29, Cold Aston
Mary CASTLE - 8 - Cold Aston
John 6 - Cold Aston
Charles - 9 months - Cold Aston

Use web site

IGI BATCH NUMBERS FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Click on A for Aston Blank

baptisms listed left, marriages listed right.

Click on the submit query button on the left (listed A-Z) useful to look all the way through as Surname spellings are different and you'll find the family groups. On my computer, Control + End Key, gets to the bottom of the page.

Dinah PULLAM christened 5 August 1832, parents John and Mary

Again on IGI

If you look at the Marriages in Aston Blank, there is a John PULLAM marrying a Mary GREENING, 29 JULY 1813

Parents:
Father: WILLIAM BEARD
Mother: MARY
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C045591 1596 - 1812 0427767 Film 6911948 Film
Sheet: 00

Year: 1836
Month: Mar
Day: 11
Parents_Surname: BEARD
Child_Forenames: Samuel
Fathers_Forenames: Nathanael
Mothers_Forenames: Anne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Newarne [Newerne] - Parish of Lydney
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: H.C.H.Hawkins Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC 209 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 150
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

1841
Nathaniel Beard abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Ann Beard abt 1816 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Thomas Beard abt 1834 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Saml Beard abt 1836 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Edwin Beard abt 1838 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire
Nathaniel Beard abt 1840 Gloucestershire, England Lydney, Gloucestershire

1851
Nathaniel Beard abt 1810 Framilode, Gloucestershire, England Head Lydney, Gloucestershire
Ann Beard l abt 1812 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Wife Lydney, Gloucestershire
Thomas Beard abt 1835 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Samuel Beard abt 1836 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Nathaniel Beard abt 1840 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Charles Beard abt 1841 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Beard abt 1846 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
James Beard abt 1848 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire

Charles Edward BEARD married Hannah Jane COSLETT, March Qtr 1896, Gloucester

1901 Census, Monmouth, Lydney
Regent Street

Charles E BEARD - age 34, Dock Labourer, born Worcester, Worcestershire
Hannah J - age 35 - born Carmathen, Kidwelly
Henry S.C. - age 4 - born Lydney
Olive E.D. - AGE 2, Born Lydney

and

FreeBDM

Henry George BEARD married Mary CLIFT - Dec 1900 Gloucester

1861 Census, Worcester, Great Malvern - South Field Lodge

Dinah PULLEN AGE 28, born Cold Aston - unmarried, working as a House Servant

FreeBDM

Samuel BEARD married Dina(h) PULLEN - June Qtr 1864, Gloucester.

As you only knew the first name, when searching FreeBDM, if you typed in Samuel BEARD, then Dinah in the (spouse first name) - or type in Samuel BEARD, then click the heading, 'Page No' and this gives you the people who are listed on that particular page.

1871 Census, Lydney

Samuel BEARD - Labourer, age 37, born Lydney
Dinah - age 38 , born Lydney
Charles - age 5 - born Worster
Anne - age 2 - born Gloucester, Lydney

My mother's family name is Beard. I've been researching that side of the family and have been able to go back to Samual Beard (b1836 d 12/1/1916) married to Dinah Beard - maiden name unknown - who was born in Lydney (d 12/10/1917). They had 4 children, 2 borther survived beyond the age of 22. Charles edward, 1866 - 1942, buried in Lydney Church who was married to Hannah Jane Beard - maiden name unknown - 1865 - 1930 and also buried in lydney church. The other brother was Henry George Beard b 25/6/1876, married to May Beard. He owned \ managed the Collesium cinema in Cheltenham between 1919 and 1946. If anyone has any information I'd really appreciate it. I live in East Anglia so it's difficult to get to serach local archives in person and whilst the internet is a fantastic resource it has it's limitations.

thank very much.