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Family of John Clayton Beadle and Winifred Jessett Norris

Husband: John Clayton Beadle

  • Name:

  • John Clayton Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Francis John Beadle (1842-1920)

  • Mother:

  • Rosa Jane Clayton (1845-1928)

  • Note 1:

  • BEADLE John Clayton of Mainey Wood Smarden Kent died 20 December 1955. Probate London 2 March 1956 to John Francis Attfield Beadle company director George Walter Chancellor solicitor and George Frederick Hull company director. Effects £162413 19s. 7d.

  • Note 2:

  • John C. Beadle's coach-building and motor-works in Dartford employed between 300 and 400 employees at its peak in the 1930s. The firm had been founded in 1894 for the manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles. Later on, the firm specialised in building bodies for commercial, private and passenger-carrying vehicles. The site owned by Beadles included workshops, offices and showrooms. Production ceased in 1957. Source: https://ww.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9914

  • Note 3:

  • John C. Beadle Coachbuilders of Lowfield Street, Dartford. The method they used was to take components from prewar buses or coaches and build them into patented all-alloy integral construction as single-decker buses or coaches. Staff and employees in 1912 were 130 at the Dartford and Footscray Coach and Motor Works. J. C. Beadle, Fred Beadle, and N. E. Beadle were among those at celebrations. From 1945 to 1947 by using Commer, Leyland Motors, Bedford and Dennis, components, four 33-seater prototypes were built. Gardner 4LK engines were present in the Leyland and Dennis. In 1948, Beadle exhibited the only underfloor horizontal-engine vehicle at the Commercial Motor Show. Beadle produced the Canterbury coach and Thanet bus. These were sold under their own name. Production ceased in 1957. Source: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_C._Beadle

     

  • Birth:

  • 8 Nov 1873

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1873 (age 0)

  • 1873 Dec Qtr, Dartford, 2a/378

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 7-8)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 17-18)

  • Pupil to railway carriage builder, lodger, 2 Stanley Villas, Christchurch Road, Ashford, Kent

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 27-28)

  • Manager of coach building business, Dudley House, Avenue Road, Erith

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 37-38)

  • Carriage & motor trader, also managing director of timber business, Pencroft, Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent

  • Census (5):

  • 1921 (age 47-48)

  • Director of companies, Warwick Lodge, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1939 (age 65-66)

  • Company managing director, Mainey Wood, Smarden, Biddenden Green, Kent

  • Occupation (2):

  • 20 Dec 1955 (age 82)

  • Retired company director, "Mainey Wood", Smarden, Kent (L.Gazette, 16.3.1956)

  • Death fact:

  • 1955 (age 81-82)

  • 1955 Dec Qtr, Ashford, 5b/28 (aged 82)

  • Death:

  • 20 Dec 1955 (age 82)

  • Mainey Wood, Smarden, Kent

Wife: Winifred Jessett Norris

  • Name:

  • Winifred Jessett Norris

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Blurton Norris (1831-1908)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Wilson Ball (1841-1922)

  • Birth:

  • 1875

  • Erith, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Jun 1875 (age 0)

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1875 (age 0)

  • 1875 Jun Qtr, Dartford, 2a/387

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 15-16)

  • Pupil, St Margarets, Roxburgh Road, Margate, Kent

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 25-26)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 35-36)

  • Wife in household (married 11 years, 3 children, 2 living, 1 dead)

  • Census (5):

  • 1921 (age 45-46)

  • Wife in household

Child 1: John Francis Attfield Beadle

  • Name:

  • John Francis Attfield Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note 1:

  • BEADLE John Francis Attfield of 53 Chester Row London S.W.1 died 15 June 1966. Probate London 19 August to Arthur Gilbert Bryant solicitor Leslie Ashton Palmes chartered accountant and Hugh Nigel Henshaw solicitor. £126830. Resealed Kenya 24 April 1967.

  • Note 2:

  • Mr. John Francis Attfield Beadle, of Chester Row, S.W., left £126,050 net (duty paid, £46,599). He left personal bequests and the residue equally between the British Field Sports Society, the R.N.L.I., and the Wild Life Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa.

    The Times, 31.8.1966

  • Birth:

  • 7 Oct 1901

  • Dartford, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1901 (age 0)

  • 1901 Dec Qtr, Dartford, 2a/533

  • Census:

  • 1921 (age 19-20)

  • Fibre manufacturer's clerk, living with parents (unmarried)

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 37-38)

  • Managing director of timber importers, 67 Lesney Park, Erith, Kent (unmarried)

  • Fact1:

  • 1956 (age 54-55)

  • Executor of father's will (L.Gazette, 16.3.1956)

  • Death fact:

  • 1966 (age 64-65)

  • 1966 Jun Qtr, Westminster, 5e/794 (aged 64)

  • Death:

  • 15 Jun 1966 (age 64)

  • Westminster, Middlesex

Child 2: Nancy Norris Beadle

  • Name:

  • Nancy Norris Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Reginald Claud Rootes (1896-1977)

  • Note:

  • ROOTES Lady Nancy Norris of The Barn House Hothfield Ashford Kent died 16 May 1992. Probate London 18 June. £1192304.

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jul 1905

  • Dartford, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 651

  • Census (1):

  • 1911 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1921 (age 15-16)

  • School pupil, Caldcote Towers, Busheyheath, Watford, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 33-34)

  • Unpaid domestic duties, Rumwood Court, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1992 (age 86-87)

  • 1992 Jun Q, Ashford, 16/118

  • Death:

  • 16 May 1992 (age 86)

  • Ashford, Kent

Child 3: Hugh Norris Beadle

  • Name:

  • Hugh Norris Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jul 1905

  • Dartford, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 651

  • Death fact:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1905 D Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 337 (aged 0)

  • Death:

  • 1905 (age 0)

  • Dartford, Kent

Note on Husband: John Clayton Beadle (1)

BEADLE John Clayton of Mainey Wood Smarden Kent died 20 December 1955. Probate London 2 March 1956 to John Francis Attfield Beadle company director George Walter Chancellor solicitor and George Frederick Hull company director. Effects £162413 19s. 7d.

Note on Husband: John Clayton Beadle (2)

John C. Beadle's coach-building and motor-works in Dartford employed between 300 and 400 employees at its peak in the 1930s. The firm had been founded in 1894 for the manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles. Later on, the firm specialised in building bodies for commercial, private and passenger-carrying vehicles. The site owned by Beadles included workshops, offices and showrooms. Production ceased in 1957. Source: https://ww.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9914

Note on Husband: John Clayton Beadle (3)

John C. Beadle Coachbuilders of Lowfield Street, Dartford. The method they used was to take components from prewar buses or coaches and build them into patented all-alloy integral construction as single-decker buses or coaches. Staff and employees in 1912 were 130 at the Dartford and Footscray Coach and Motor Works. J. C. Beadle, Fred Beadle, and N. E. Beadle were among those at celebrations. From 1945 to 1947 by using Commer, Leyland Motors, Bedford and Dennis, components, four 33-seater prototypes were built. Gardner 4LK engines were present in the Leyland and Dennis. In 1948, Beadle exhibited the only underfloor horizontal-engine vehicle at the Commercial Motor Show. Beadle produced the Canterbury coach and Thanet bus. These were sold under their own name. Production ceased in 1957. Source: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_C._Beadle

 

Note on Child 1: John Francis Attfield Beadle (1)

BEADLE John Francis Attfield of 53 Chester Row London S.W.1 died 15 June 1966. Probate London 19 August to Arthur Gilbert Bryant solicitor Leslie Ashton Palmes chartered accountant and Hugh Nigel Henshaw solicitor. £126830. Resealed Kenya 24 April 1967.

Note on Child 1: John Francis Attfield Beadle (2)

Mr. John Francis Attfield Beadle, of Chester Row, S.W., left £126,050 net (duty paid, £46,599). He left personal bequests and the residue equally between the British Field Sports Society, the R.N.L.I., and the Wild Life Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa.

The Times, 31.8.1966

Note on Child 2: Nancy Norris Beadle

ROOTES Lady Nancy Norris of The Barn House Hothfield Ashford Kent died 16 May 1992. Probate London 18 June. £1192304.