Hi, Does anyone have a Henry Beaumont (Wine Merchant) and wife Fanny SAXBY in their tree? The couple had a son, David Reid BEAUMONT in 1890 in Edinburgh. From David's date of birth I'd imagine they were born somewhere between 1850 and 1870. Both were deceased before 1933 when David married Vera Elieen HODGES in Sydney, Aust. David is in my tree. Thanks in advance. Alan.

Hello Alan The 1891 Scotland Census has the following information about the Beaumonts who were living at 5 Abbey Strand, Edinburgh, Canongate. Henry, Head, 30, born Dundonald, Fife, Publican Fanny, wife, 30, born Aberdour, Fife David, son, 4, born Edinburgh Aggie, daughter, 2, born Edinburgh Amelia Russell, servant, 14, born North Berwick, East Lothian. Source: Ancestry.co.uk By looking at the marriage certificate for Henry and Fanny on the Scotlands People website, you should find the names of their parents (including maiden names of mothers), and the occupations of their fathers. See: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (you will need to register (free) but then pay to view. It will cost you a minimum £6 for which you get 30 credits. 1 credit is debited to view the results of a search and a further 5 credits are debited to view an image of a bmd certificate). David's birth certificate should also be available to view. Hope that helps. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan" <alan@dcsa.com.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 4:54 AM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] BEAUMONT > Hi, > > Does anyone have a Henry Beaumont (Wine Merchant) and wife Fanny SAXBY > in their tree? The couple had a son, David Reid BEAUMONT in 1890 in > Edinburgh. From David's date of birth I'd imagine they were born > somewhere between 1850 and 1870. Both were deceased before 1933 when > David married Vera Elieen HODGES in Sydney, Aust. > > David is in my tree. > > Thanks in advance. > > Alan. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Rhoda, this certainly adds to what I have. FYI, David married my maternal grandmother's sister; my mother's aunt. He joined the RANR in 1940 as a Lieutemant and served to 1953 when he was retired as being too old for his then rank. I have his RANR service record where he states his DOB as 29th July 1890, but when being retired he stated it "really was 1894". Looks like he didn't want to leave the service. His marriage certificate dated 15th April 1933 doesn't state DOB but lists age as 40 - suggesting 1893, although this was (poorly) altered at some stage and I can't tell what was originally written. Your information supports a DOB of 1887. A bit of a mystery man. According to family legend he accompanied Col Lawrence on several trips during WWI. I have a newspaper clipping from I think the 1930s supporting this. Once again I thank you for the information, Alan. CandROverson wrote: > Hello Alan > > The 1891 Scotland Census has the following information about the Beaumonts > who were living at 5 Abbey Strand, Edinburgh, Canongate. > > Henry, Head, 30, born Dundonald, Fife, Publican > Fanny, wife, 30, born Aberdour, Fife > David, son, 4, born Edinburgh > Aggie, daughter, 2, born Edinburgh > Amelia Russell, servant, 14, born North Berwick, East Lothian. > > Source: Ancestry.co.uk > > By looking at the marriage certificate for Henry and Fanny on the Scotlands > People website, you should find the names of their parents (including maiden > names of mothers), and the occupations of their fathers. See: > www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk > (you will need to register (free) but then pay to view. It will cost you a > minimum £6 for which you get 30 credits. 1 credit is debited to view the > results of a search and a further 5 credits are debited to view an image of > a bmd certificate). David's birth certificate should also be available to > view. > > Hope that helps. > > Rhoda >