See also

Family of Francis John Beadle and Rosa Jane Clayton

Husband: Francis John Beadle

  • Name:

  • Francis John Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Beadle (1801-1873)

  • Mother:

  • Lydia Clayton (1807-1890)

  • Note:

  • BEADLE Francis John of The Oaks Belvedere Kent died 24 January 1920; Probate London 28 September to Fred Beadle John Clayton Beadle and Herbert Edgar Beadle esquires. Effects £74176 16s 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 11 Sep 1842

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1842 (age 0)

  • 1842 Sep Qtr, Dartford, 5/82

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 18-19)

  • Farmer's son, living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 28-29)

  • Coal merchant, Cray Cottage, Crayford Road, Erith, Kent

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 38-39)

  • Coal merchant & railway wharfinger, Cray Cottage, Avenue Road, Erith, Kent

  • Census (5):

  • 1891 (age 48-49)

  • Coal merchant & wharfinger, 9 Jessy Park Road, Erith, Kent

  • Census (6):

  • 1901 (age 58-59)

  • Retired coal merchant, The Oaks, Erith, Kent (married, wife absent)

  • Census (7):

  • 1911 (age 68-69)

  • Retired coal merchant, The Oaks, Belvedere, Kent

  • Death:

  • 24 Jan 1920 (age 77)

  • Belvedere, Kent

Wife: Rosa Jane Clayton

  • Name:

  • Rosa Jane Clayton

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Clayton (c. 1812-1884)

  • Mother:

  • Rosa Mary Davis Blackford (c. 1816-1856)

  • Note:

  • BEADLE Rosa Jane of The Oaks Belvedere Kent died 26 January 1928; Probate London 31 July to Fred Beadle John Clayton Beadle and Herbert Edgar Beadle esquires. Effects £1199 17s 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 1845

  • Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1845 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1845 D Quarter in MARYLEBONE Volume 01 Page 153

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 15-16)

  • Living with father

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 65-66)

  • Wife in household (married 46 years, 8 children, 7 living, 1 dead)

  • Death:

  • 26 Jan 1928 (age 82-83)

  • Belvedere, Kent

Child 1: Harry Beadle

  • Name:

  • Harry Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1871

  • Erith, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Feb 1871 (age 0)

  • All Saints, Belvedere, Kent

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 0)

  • Living with parents (aged 3 months)

  • Birth fact:

  • 1871 (age 0)

  • 1871 Mar Qtr, Dartford, 2a/372 or 375 (there are 2 entries)

  • Death fact:

  • 1878 (age 6-7)

  • 1878 Mar Qtr, Dartford, 2a/250 (aged 7)

  • Death:

  • 1878 (age 6-7)

  • Dartford, Kent

Child 2: Fred Beadle

  • Name:

  • Fred Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ethel Marion Norris (1870-1923)

  • Note:

  • BEADLE Fred of Willett House Lydeard St Lawrence Taunton died 4 April 1959. Probate London 1 June to Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor and Francis Weston Peck stock jobber. Effects £74339 8s. 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 27 Mar 1872

  • Erith, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Apr 1872 (age 0)

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1872 (age 0)

  • 1872 Jun Qtr, Dartford, 2a/364

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 18-19)

  • Commercial traveller, living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 28-29)

  • Builder's merchant & cartage contractor, The Elms, Lesney Park, Erith

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 66-67)

  • Farmer, Stowey Farm, Cutcombe, Williton, Somerset

  • Death:

  • 4 Apr 1959 (age 87)

  • Willett House, Lydeard St Lawrence, Taunton, Somerset

Child 3: John Clayton Beadle

  • Name:

  • John Clayton Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Winifred Jessett Norris (1875- )

  • Children:

  • John Francis Attfield Beadle (1901-1966)

  •  

  • Nancy Norris Beadle (1905-1992)

  •  

  • Hugh Norris Beadle (1905-1905)

  • 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

Child 4: Herbert Edgar Beadle

  • Name:

  • Herbert Edgar Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Winifred Maude Parish (1880-1967)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Rosa Fryza (1911- )

  • Children:

  • Florence Gwendoline Beadle (1904-1996)

  •  

  • Harry Francis Beadle (1907-1907)

  •  

  • Harry Francis Beadle (1909-1966)

  • Note:

  • BEADLE Herbert Edgar of 25 Chelwood Avenue Goring-by-Sea Sussex died 17 January 1966. Probate London 7 April to Rosa Beadle widow Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor and Humphrey Robert Wickham chartered auctioneer. £120787.

  • Birth:

  • 13 Dec 1876

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1877 (age 0-1)

  • 1877 Mar Qtr, Dartford, 2a/410

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 14-15)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 34-35)

  • Manager to road contractor, Shears Green, Gravesend, Kent

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 62-63)

  • Director of many companies, Basted House, Malling, Kent (widower)

  • Death:

  • 17 Jan 1966 (age 89)

  • 25 Chelwood Avenue, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex

Child 5: Mary Ellen Beadle

  • Name:

  • Mary Ellen Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Douglas Kirke Smith (1883-1923)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Alfred Edwin Davis (1875-1953)

  • Children:

  • Martin John Kirke-Smith (1918-1966)

  • Note:

  • DAVIS Mary Ellen of Blysewood 42 Collington Avenue Bexhill Sussex widow died 16 June 1961. Probate London 24 August to Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor. Effects £35238 9s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 16 Jul 1878

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1878 (age 0)

  • 1878 Sep Qtr, Dartford, 2a/413

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 22-23)

  • Living with parents

  • Residence:

  • 27 Jun 1906 (age 27)

  • The Oaks, Belvedere, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1961 (age 82-83)

  • 1961 Jun Q, Battle, 5h/27 (aged 82)

  • Death:

  • 16 Jun 1961 (age 82)

  • 42 Collington Avenue, Bexhill, Sussex

Child 6: Lillie Emily Beadle

  • Name:

  • Lillie Emily Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Thorpe Shepley (1881-1958)

  • Note:

  • SHEPLEY Lillie Emily of Woodthorpe Hall Holmesfield Derbyshire widow died 10 February 1962. Probate Wakefield 20 September to Seymour Beadle Shepley of no occupation and Francis John Marmaduke Shepley company director. Effects £29672 6s.

  • Birth:

  • 1880

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1880 (age 0)

  • 1880 Jun Qtr, Dartford, 2a/438

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 20-21)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 30-31)

  • Living with parents (married, husband absent)

  • Death:

  • 10 Feb 1962 (age 81-82)

  • Woodthorpe Hall, Holmesfield, Derbyshire

Child 7: Frances Jane Beadle

  • Name:

  • Frances Jane Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • BEADLE Frances Jane of Soggs House Ewhurst Sussex spinster died 28 December 1943 at The Hayes Northiam Sussex. Probate Lewes 4 March 1944 to Rosa Clayton Salmon widow and Frank Clayton nurseryman. Effects £27723 6s. 5d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Apr 1882

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1882 (age 0)

  • 1882 Jun Qtr, Dartford, 2a/447

  • Census (1):

  • 1891 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 28-29)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 56-57)

  • Domestic duties, Soggs House, Ewhurst, Bodiam, Sussex (unmarried)

  • Death:

  • 28 Dec 1943 (age 61)

  • The Hayes, Northiam, Sussex

Child 8: Rosa Clayton Beadle

  • Name:

  • Rosa Clayton Beadle

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ernest Harry Lindsell Salmon (1870-1932)

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1885

  • Erith, Kent

  • Birth fact:

  • 1885 (age 0)

  • 1885 Sep Qtr, Dartford, 2a/446

  • Census (1):

  • 1891 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 25-26)

  • Living with parents

  • Death fact:

  • 1976 (age 90-91)

  • 1976 Sep Q, Battle, 18/56 (aged 91)

  • Death:

  • 21 Aug 1976 (age 91)

  • Battle, Sussex

Note on Husband: Francis John Beadle

BEADLE Francis John of The Oaks Belvedere Kent died 24 January 1920; Probate London 28 September to Fred Beadle John Clayton Beadle and Herbert Edgar Beadle esquires. Effects £74176 16s 4d.

Note on Wife: Rosa Jane Clayton

BEADLE Rosa Jane of The Oaks Belvedere Kent died 26 January 1928; Probate London 31 July to Fred Beadle John Clayton Beadle and Herbert Edgar Beadle esquires. Effects £1199 17s 7d.

Note on Child 2: Fred Beadle

BEADLE Fred of Willett House Lydeard St Lawrence Taunton died 4 April 1959. Probate London 1 June to Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor and Francis Weston Peck stock jobber. Effects £74339 8s. 6d.

Note on Child 3: 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 Child 3: 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 Child 3: 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 4: Herbert Edgar Beadle

BEADLE Herbert Edgar of 25 Chelwood Avenue Goring-by-Sea Sussex died 17 January 1966. Probate London 7 April to Rosa Beadle widow Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor and Humphrey Robert Wickham chartered auctioneer. £120787.

Note on Child 5: Mary Ellen Beadle

DAVIS Mary Ellen of Blysewood 42 Collington Avenue Bexhill Sussex widow died 16 June 1961. Probate London 24 August to Martin John Kirke-Smith solicitor. Effects £35238 9s. 9d.

Note on Child 6: Lillie Emily Beadle

SHEPLEY Lillie Emily of Woodthorpe Hall Holmesfield Derbyshire widow died 10 February 1962. Probate Wakefield 20 September to Seymour Beadle Shepley of no occupation and Francis John Marmaduke Shepley company director. Effects £29672 6s.

Note on Child 7: Frances Jane Beadle

BEADLE Frances Jane of Soggs House Ewhurst Sussex spinster died 28 December 1943 at The Hayes Northiam Sussex. Probate Lewes 4 March 1944 to Rosa Clayton Salmon widow and Frank Clayton nurseryman. Effects £27723 6s. 5d.