John Henry Bedford 1879 - 1966

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1879.John Henry Bedford was born 5/10/1879 Foregate Street, Stafford 5/10/1879, Stafford Dec 1879 to Moses Bedford, post office stamper,& Jane Edwards

He was baptised on 9/11/1879 in Christ Church ,Stafford. Address was Foregate Street, Stafford , his father a Post Office Official

This is a true copy from the Primitive Methodist Register Book of Baptisms at Stafford Chapel, Stafford

 

1881C. Henry John Bedford, 1, was living 12 Foregate Street, Stafford St Mary and Chad, Stafford

Moses	Bedford	Head	Married	Male	29	1852	Official In Post Office (C S O)	Adforton, Herefordshire, England
Jane	Bedford	Wife	Married	Female	34	1847	-	Clingford Shropshire, England
Henry John	Bedford	Son	Single	Male	1	1880	-	Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Mary Eliz	Bedford	Daughter	Single	Female	4	1877	-	Stafford, Staffordshire, England

1883. His mother, Jane Bedford, dies

1886. His father remarries. Moses Bedford marries Elizabeth Edwards, Jane's sister, who had been the housekeeper/nanny, after the death of Jane Stafford Dec 1886

1891C. Jno Harry Bedford, 11, was living New Garden Street Castle Church Stafford

Moses	Bedford	Head	Married	Male	39	1852	Stamper At Post Office	Hertfordshire, England
Elizabeth	Bedford	Wife	Married	Female	40	1851	-	Shropshire, England
Ino Harry	Bedford	Son	Single	Male	11	1880	Scholar	Staffordshire, England
Mary Elizabeth	Bedford	Daughter	Single	Female	14	1877	Scholar	Staffordshire, England

 

1901. Mr John H Bedford presided over a large audience at the Primitive Methodist Church in Wellington to celebrate the passage from the 19th to the 20th century -FMP Newspapers

1901. 27/2/1901.Rev. J H Bedford was holding Mission Services at Dawley- from FMP newspaper article

1901C. John H Bedford, 21, Minister, was living King Street, Dawley Magna, Madeley, Shropshire

John H

Bedford

Head

Single

Male

21

1880

Minister (Primitive Methodist)

Stafford, Staffordshire, England

Moses & Elizabeth Bedford with Mary Elizabeth & John Henry ~1903

1904. J H Bedford put on the P M C probationers list - from FMP 1905 newspaper article

1905. J H Bedford was minister at Craigneuk, Wishaw- this ~8 k E of Hamilton. Lanarkshire, - from FMP newspaper article

1907. 28/7/1907 John H Bedford, of Wishaw, Scotland, took over as minister of Wrockwardine Woods - from FMP newspaper article

1908. 20/6/1908. J H Bedford completed his 4 years on probation for the P M C and was placed on the "approved ministers" list- from FMP Sheffield newspaper article

1908. John H Bedford, 28, of Wishaw, Scotland, married Lucy Augusta Callean, 27, Madeley Sep 1908 at Dawley Bank Wesleyan Chapel on 8/7/1908 . His address High Fields, Main Road, Wishaw, Scotland: hers King Street, Dawley . His father Moses Bedford, Postal Employee; hers Slaney Callear, Accountant . Witnesses Percy Howard Green & Edith Jane Callear(1885, her sister).

Last column missing - Rank of father - Moses -Postal Employee . Slaney Callear - accountant

from the Wellimgton Journal 11/7/1908

The article continued with more wedding presents. The grrom was given a Gold Albert & pendant from the bride; pictures, butter dishes & prongs from his parents; various gifts from people in Wishaw; a cheese dish from Miss Prince of Ludlow, a cousin; a purse of sovereigms from Shieldmuir P M C

John & Lucy

1908. November. J H Bedford was a circuit minister in Wellington -- from FMP newspaper article

1909. Francis John Bedford was born on 10/7/1909 to John & Lucy. He, John, a minister at Wrockwardine Woods - from FMP newspaper article

1911C. John H Bedford, 31, Minister, was living Primitive Methodist Manse, Wrockwardine Woods, Oakengates, Shropshire . Married 2 & 3/4 years, 1 child. Living in 8 rooms

John Henry	Bedford	Head	Married	Male	31	1880	Primitive Methodist Minister	Staffs Stafford
Lucy Augusta	Bedford	Wife	Married	Female	30	1881	-	Shropshire Dawley
Francis John	Bedford	Son	-	Male	1	1910	-	Shropshire Wrockwardine Wood

1916. Reginald C Bedford born Pontypool Sep 1916 was another son- mother Callear.

1917. From l to r. Mary-Eliz, Fred. King, Moses, Francis, Elizabeth, John Henry, Lucy & Reginald

1923. John H Bedford was minister at Rhymney Valley, S. Wales - from FMP newspaper article

1925 onwards . John H Bedford a minister at Somers Road P M C in Portsmouth - from FMP newspaper articles

1928. John H Bedford's completion of 24 years service was celebrated at the Somers Road P M C Church hall in Portsmouth - from FMP newspaper article

1928. An article on 29/6/1928 in the Hampshire Telegragh

1932. Left Portsmouth for Colne, Lancs

Francis on graduating, with father John Henry ~ 1931??

1932-1935. Minister, on the Woodfalls Circuit, in Colne ( Skipton Road) - from 3 FMP newspaper articles

1937 onwards . Minister in Bournemouth ( Curzon Road & Winton) - from 2 FMP newspaper articles . He was the superintendent Minister of the Curzon Road Methodist Circuit, which included Highcliffe

1939 Register, John H Bedford, Minister, born 5/10/1879, was living 191 Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth

John H	Bedford	1879	05 Oct 1879	Male	Minister Of Religion Metodist	Married	164	1
Amy A	Bedford	1880	25 Nov 1880	Female	Unpaid Domestic Dut	Married	164	2

1950s. A new church was built at Highcliffe , 9 miles from Bournenouth: John Henry, a former minister, was a trusttee here.

1966. His wife, Lucy, died in hospital at Milford on Sea on 24/2/1966

1966. John H Bedford, 86, Methodist Minister(retired), of 44 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, Kent ( this was the address of his son, Francis John Bedford) dies on 10/8/1966 at Hornsea Central Hospital, Hornsea Haringey Sep 1966 . Haringey part of Waltham Forest .Cause of death: Uraemia; Benign Hypertrophy of prostrate; Pulmonary oedema. Informant: Reg. Bedford, son, of 183 Cranley Gardens, N.10 .

Probate to Francis J Bedford MBE & Reginald Callear Bedford, ministers of religion. Effects £2070

There was a long obituary in the Methodist Recorder of 18/8/1966: -Cilla has this

3 months previously he had left Bournemouth to go to live with his sons: Francis , general secretary of the B & FBS , and Reginald, secretary of the Methodist Youth Department. . He had done distiguished work at Dawley, Malvern, Wishaw, Shropshire, South Wales, Portsmouth, Colne, & Woodfalls

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