Mary Ann Martin 1874 - 1957

1874. Mary Ann Martin was born 14/8/1874 Walworth St Saviour Sep 1874 - Walworth in the borough of Southwark and St Saviour is Southwark . Parents James Martin & Charlotte Ann Birkett

1877. Amelia Charlotte Martin born St. Saviour Dec 1877

1877. Mary Ann & Amelia Charlotte Martin were baptised on 28/10/1877 at Walworth St John the Evangelist to James, milk carrier, & Charlotte Ann Martin, address 44 Westmoreland Road.

 

1881C. Mary Ann Martin, 5, is living 11 Anns Row Newington, St Saviour Southwark London with her parents and 2 siblings

James	Martin	Head	Married	Male	29	1852	Milk Carrier	Surrey, England
Charlott	Martin	Wife	Married	Female	28	1853	-	Surrey, England
Mary Ann	Martin	Daughter	Single	Female	5	1876	Scholar	Surrey, England
Amelia	Martin	Daughter	Single	Female	2	1879	-	Surrey, England
James	Martin	Son	Single	Male	1	1880	-	Surrey, England

1891C. Missing from the family who are living in James Street, Newington, St Saviour Southwark. Almost certainly she is the

Mary Martin, 16, servant, b. Walworth, in Mount Pleasant Road, Lewisham

John D	McClure	Head	Married	Male	31	1860	Barrister University Local Lecturer Astronomy	Wigan, Lancashire, England
Mary J	McClure	Wife	Married	Female	30	1861	-	Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Kathleen M J	McClure	Daughter	-	Female	0	1891	-	Lewisham, Kent, England
Mary	Martin	Servant	Single	Female	16	1875	General Domestic	Walworth, Surrey, England

 

1895.Mary Ann Martin married Percy Edwin West St Saviour Southwark Dec 1895- not on Ancestry London marriages- thus in a register Office or in a Catholic Church .On 2/10/1895 in St Saviour Southwark- familysearch tree. Thought I would need this m.c to ascertain her parents- but 99% certain now I have the correct family for her. Barbara & Susan: have you ever heard of grandaunt Amelia, Florrie, Hettie, May or granduncle James, Bertie. If you have, this great confirmation!!

1901C. Percy Edwin West, 33, Gate & Time keeper, , is living Waterloo Square, Camberwell, with his wife, Mary Ann, and 3 children

Percy Edwin	West	Head	Married	Male	33	1868	Gate & Timekeeper Engineering Works	Hastings, Warwickshire, England
Mary Ann	West	Wife	Married	Female	26	1875	-	Walworth, Surrey, England
Maude Winifred	West	Daughter	-	Female	4	1897	-	Lee
Herbert James	West	Son	-	Male	2	1899	-	Brixton, Surrey, England
Mabel Gertrude	West	Daughter	-	Female	0	1901	-	Camberwell, Surrey, England

1905. Marguerite West is born 28/12/1905 , Camberwell, to parents Percy & Mary . No baptism on Ancestry London Baptisms 1813-1906! and no baptisms for any of the other 4 children born before her.

1911C. Percy Edwin West, 43, Assurance Agent, is living in 3 rooms at 125 Amity Road, West Ham with his wife, Mary, and 7 children. Married 16 years, 7 children, all still alive

Percy Edwin	West	Head	Married	Male	Assurance Agent	43	1868	Sussex Hastings
Mary	West	Wife	Married	Female	-	36	1875	Surrey Nalwak/Walworth?
Maude Winifred	West	Daughter	-	Female	Cigarette Packer	14	1897	Kent Lee
Herbert James	West	Son	-	Male	-	12	1899	Surrey Buxton
Mable Gertrude	West	Daughter	-	Female	-	10	1901	Surrey Camberwell
Jessie Ethel	West	Daughter	-	Female	-	7	1904	Surrey Camberwell
Margurite	West	Daughter	-	Female	-	5	1906	Surrey Camberwell
Frank Harold	West	Son	-	Male	-	3	1908	Surrey Camberwell
Phyllis May	West	Daughter	-	Female	-	1	1910	Essex Stratford

Their children were:

1. Maude Winifred West Lewisham Dec 1896

2. Herbert James West Lambeth Dec 1898

3. Mabel Gertrude West Camberwell Mar 1901

4. Jessie Ethel West Camberwell Dec 1904

5. Marguerite West 28/12/1905

6. Frank Harold West Camberwell Jun 1907

7. Phyllis Mary West West Ham Dec 1909

Likely has 5/6 more children: George C D West West Ham Sep 1912; Constance B Beat/West West Ham Dec 1914; Mary E D West West Ham Jun1916; Rose H West West Ham Dec 1918, Donald A West West Ham Jun1921 . Thus 12 children in all .

Children of Mary Ann Martin/West

1929. Percy E West, 63, dies West Ham Dec 1929 -- no probate

1930. Mary Ann West marries James C J Beat ( b.1882)- "Charlie"

1939 Register. Mary A and James C J Beat are living 80 Tyndall Road Leyton- this is where Charlie, fireman, and his wife Eliza(Witt) , and 4 children, John, James, Sydney & Gordon, aged 7-0 resp. were living in 1911C. Charlie & Eliza had 2 more children: Percy E Beat 1912 & Hilda R Beat 1913. Cannot find a death for Eliza Beat, nor a remarriage

Mary A	Beat	14 Aug 1874	Female	Unpaid Domestic Dutie	Married	115	2
	James C J	Beat	05 Nov 1882	Male	Boiler Attendant (Heavy Work)	Married	115	1
	Phyllis M	West	28 Oct 1909	Female	Shop Assistant (Boots And Shoes)	Single

There is an Ancestry Hall tree with James C J Beat on it, just 8 people & no Hall!!- contacted this 9/12/2016

Barbara & Susan?? - did you know her?? Send me your memories of her PLEASE

1956.  She and Charlie then lived in Braughing, near Ware, Hertfordshire.- Barbara met her there, just the once

 I remember her in bed in Braughing, near Ware, Herts, when we visited in about 1955 - she was deaf (had an ear trumpet, which terrified me) and bedridden with osteoporosis, but her mind was still razor-sharp.  That was in a sizeable farmhouse, as far as I remember.

Her son, Don, wife and 3 boys also used to visit her on Don's bike and sidecar

1957. Mary Ann Beat dies, aged 82- familysearch tree - Bishops Stortford Sep 1957 - no probate. Died 3/8/1957 Braughing, Ware

1968. James C J Beat , aged 85, , died Waltham Forest Jun 1968 - no Ancestry probate records exist 1967-1972!!. He had returned to live with his step daughter, Mary 1916 and her husband

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