Henry Beard b abt 1794 Somerset (1851 census) married a Frances sometime before 1815 after which they have 7 children born in Lyncombe Somerset and all baptised at St Thomas a Becket Widecombe Somerset a further child was born in Milk St Bath and was baptised at St Swithin Bath, Frances died in Holloway Lyncombe and was buried 28 Sep 1840 at St Thomas a Becket Widecombe. In 1841 Census Henry and 2 of his sons are to be found in Thomas Street Bristol. Henry remarries April 1842 at St Mary Redcliffe and shows his father as James Beard a Gunsmith Henry dies 1854 3Q but I do not have a burial for him. Any help in finding Henry's birth or burial or details of his marriage to Frances would be much appreciated. Tony

On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:55:57 -0000, Tony Harrison <a.harrison@tesco.net> wrote: > Henry Beard b abt 1794 Somerset (1851 census) married a Frances sometime > before 1815 after which they have 7 children born in Lyncombe Somerset > and all baptised at St Thomas a Becket Widecombe Somerset a further > child was > born in Milk St Bath and was baptised at St Swithin Bath, Frances died in > Holloway Lyncombe and was buried 28 Sep 1840 at St Thomas a Becket > Widecombe. > Any help in finding Henry's birth or burial or details of his marriage > to Frances would be much appreciated. Hi Tony, I looked in the B & A FHS marriages for Somerset 1754-1837 and for Bristol 1754-1812 and 1813-1837 for a marriage between a Henry Beard and a Frances. I also looked in the Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837, but had no result. Perhaps Henry used another forename when he married the first time. Unfortunately there are a lot of Beard entries and on two of the CDs the brides' names are not included in the groom's index, so that searching for a Beard who married a Frances would mean looking through all the Beard entries in the different parishes. Even if a Beard, with a different forename, who married a Frances, was found in this way, the bride and groom might not be the couple you are researching. Josephine