Sepia Saturday - Brothers and Sisters

Here is my Great grandfather and his sisters.

The photo on the right was taken in Napoleon Ohio before 1894 and the one on the left I calculate around 1910 as George looks around 15. This was taken in Salford, Manchester.

George has the same hair cut in both photos!

middle George Arthur Beard 1886 - 1952

left Nellie Grace Beard   1884-1976

right Ada May Beard 1883 - ?

Sepia Saturday - Alfred Beard

 Alfred Beard

28th December 1851

Salford, Manchester, England

Mother Hannah Downes b.1818

Father Solomon Beard 1809-1859

Baptised 15th April 1855

14th May 1871 Emigrated to America

Lived in Napoleon, Ohio and Danville, Illinois

Alfred emigrated to be with his mother and five brothers, leaving a sister at home.

Alfred and two brothers established the Beard Electric Company in Napoleon, Ohio.

There's a family rumour he set up the electrics of the Buffalo Bill Tour.

In 1883 he patented a pipe-vise, I have all the original documents for this.

31st August 1881 Married Mary Hannah Wakerley

Newspaper article reports that the bride was attired in purple velvet trimmed with anchor satin and they left on the 12 o'clock train for Canada for their honeymoon.

Three children 

Ada May 1883

Nellie Grace 1884

George Arthur 1887

3rd November 1890 Became a naturalised citizen of the United States

6th September 1891 Died of Dropsey

After he died his wife Mary Hannah returned to England with her children, hence why I'm English and not American.

Photo of the funeral flowers

Funeral Notice

Alfred Beard is my Great Great Grandfather, I have a lot of his documents, probably the most of any family member from original baptism certificates, bibles and funeral cards. 

One day I would like to visit Ohio and Illinois to see where my family ended up.

Family Traits - Sepia Saturday

This one of my favourite family photos as I too have two girls followed by twin boys, I have many similar photos of me and my brood.

Centre
Nellie Grace Beard
Born 1884 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana
Emigrated to England 1894 with her mother, sister and brother.
Married James Harold Lowe 1914
Died 1976

Right
Edna Lowe 1915

Left
Dorothy Lowe 1918

The two babies are James Eric and George Arthur born 1925 and both died before a year old.

Nellie is my Great Aunt (my grandfathers aunt!)

Sepia Saturday - A Wedding

I have gone with the wedding theme I love this photo, this my Mum and Grandad on her wedding day

Norma Beard ( not giving away mums age ;) ) and Alfred Beard 1917-2005

6th May 1972

Taken at St Martins Church, Orpington, Kent

sorry about the big gap in blogging, the computer broke! will take a while to catch up on every ones sepia Saturdays posts.

Almost Wordless Wednesday on a Thursday

May Beard nee Newton

1886 - 1968

I wrote about May on last Sepia Saturday hasn't she changed a lot!

Fearless Females

 (top row l-r) Caroline Pickup, Polly and Nellie Grace Lowe (nee Beard). 

(bottom row l-r) Dorothy Lowe and Sissy Lowe. 

I'm very sorry its a tiny picture, you will have to squint hard.

I don't have the original just an emailed copy.

But I thought this would be the best photo to start my Fearless Female posts with.

My Great Great Aunt Nellie Grace nee Beard married James Harold Lowe. In the above photo she is sat with Sissy who was James Harold's sister and Polly is Sissys "partner" - very modern! The photo was taken in the 1920's. 

So my Fearless Females are Sissy and Polly.

George Arthur Beard and May Newton - Sepia Saturday

George Arthur Beard and May Newton

My Great Grandparents, parents of Alfred Beard.

I believe this was taken just before they were married in 1913. May has a very tiny waist and after they were married she had 7 children, one every 18 months. So I don't believe it was taken later. Also they are not wearing wedding rings.

George Arthur Beard

Born 7/7/1886 Fort Wayne, Indiana

Died abt 1952 Sydney, Australia 

After Georges father Alfred died of dropsy in Napoleon, Ohio 1891 the family, including his mother Mary Hannah, sisters Ada and Nellie returned to Manchester, England, where both his parents had been born. 

He married May Newton December 1913 and had 7 children including my grandfather Alfred. Around 1952 George, May and 6 of the children emigrated to Sydney, Australia. He died soon after they arrived, although I still have yet to find a death record.

May Newton

Born 1886 Salford, Manchester

Died 13/08/1968 Sydney, Australia

May was the eldest of three children, she had a sister Margaret and brother George James. Her brother George James and cousin Joseph Edwin served during WW1. Joseph died in France 1916. Her father Benjamin was born in Winster, Derbyshire and  have found many relatives in this small village going back many years.