The Beatley Family in Census Returns

Gunmakers of Basingstoke

Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website. Note: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over.
Name			Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – London Street, Basingstoke     Reference: HO107/385/3 (folio 8, p. 11)
John Beatley			35	Gun Maker	N
Laura Beatley			30		N
John Beatley			14		Y
William Beatley			12		Y
Henry Beatley			8		Y
Charles Beatley			2		Y
Mary Ann Beatley			1		Y
John George			20	Gun Makers Apprentice	N
Thomas Mears			15	Gun Makers Apprentice	N
Eliza Stamp			20	F.S. [female servant]	Y
Name and relation to Head of household		Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – London Street, Basingstoke     Reference: HO107/1681 (folio 162, p. 17)
John Howlett Beatley	Head	Married	49	Gunmaker, Smith Employing 4 Men	Norwich, Norfolk
[Laura] Beatley	Wife	Married	44		Aldermaston, Berkshire
William Beatley	Son	Unm	21	Gunmaker	Basingstoke
Henry Beatley	Son	Unm	17	Gunmakers Apprentice	Basingstoke
Charles Beatley	Son		12	Scholar	Basingstoke
Charlotte Baker	Servant	Unm	17	House Servant	Cliddesden, Hampshire
Notes: The 1851 census for Basingstoke also shows two daughters of John and Laura Beatley living at a boarding school on Wote Street: Mary Ann Beatley (aged 10) and Fanny Beatley (aged 8) were two of six students living at the boarding school of Ann Baker.
1861 census – Backsideans, Wargrave, Berkshire     Reference: RG9/752 (folio 29, p. 4)
Robert H Wake	Head	Married	69	Farmer of 40 acres Employing 2 Men	Poulton, Wiltshire
Laura Wake	Wife	Married	54		Aldermaston, Berkshire
Note: Poulton, about 5 miles S.E. of Cirencester, was transferred from the county of Wiltshire to Gloucestershire in 1844. Laura’s sons, the Beatley brothers, are shown in the next set of transcribed census returns.
John Charles Beatley and Family
1861 census – Dollar St, Cirencester, Gloucestershire     Reference: RG9/1782 (folio 68, p. 14)
John C Beatley	Head	Married	34	Ironmonger	Basingstoke
Jane Beatley	Wife	Married	39		Benenden, Kent
Howlett Beatley	Son		5	Scholar	Cirencester
Alfred Beatley	Son		1		Cirencester
Elizabeth Miller	Servant		14	General Servant	Stratton, Gloucestershire
1871 census – 1 Brindley Street, Paddington, London     Reference: RG10/2 (folio 6, p. 2)
John C Beatley	Head	Married	44	Gas Fitter	Basingstoke
Jane Beatley	Wife	Married	48		Benenden, Kent
Alfred Beatley	Son		11		Cirencester
Note: Brindley Street is described in ‘Paddington: Westbourne Green’ in The Victoria History of the Counties of England, Middlesex, Vol. 9, p. 201 (viewed at the website: British History ).
1911 census – 109 Grays Inn Buildings, Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London     Reference: RG14/1207
Alfred Beatley	Head	Married	51	Lamp Shade Manufacture     Warehouse Assistant	Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ellen Beatley	Wife	Married	54		Marylebone, London
Ellen Jane Beatley	Daughter		13	School	Clerkenwell, London
George Beatley and Family
1871 census – Clarendon St, Camberwell, [South London]     Reference: RG10/727 (folio 77, p. 35)
George Beatley	Head	Married	43	Printer & Compositor	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Amelia Beatley	Wife	Married	42		Finsbury, [London]
Henry Hodson	Nephew	Unm	21	Solicitors Clerk	Lambeth, [South London]
Fanny C Groves	Boarder	Unm	7	Scholar	Australia
Notes: In the printing business, a compositor was a type-setter. On the census form the household was next to the Prince Albert Arms Public House. Clarendon Street was renamed to Councillor Street [London, SE5] in 1912 (webpage: Old to New Street Names ).
1881 census – 17 Rattray Road, Brixton, Lambeth, London     Reference: RG11/623 (folio 110, p. 48)
George Beatley	Head	Married	53	Printer, Compositor	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Amelia Beatley	Wife	Married	55		Finsbury, [London]
Note: An old postcard of Rattray Road can be viewed at the Lambeth Landmark website.
William Beatley and Family
1861 census – London Street, Faringdon, Berkshire     Reference: RG9/728 (folio 20, p. 27)
William Beatley	Head	Married	31	Ironmonger	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Mary Beatley	Wife	Married	31		Witney, Oxfordshire
Catherine S Beatley	Daughter		5	Scholar	Witney, Oxfordshire
William Crump Beatley	Son		4	Scholar	Faringdon, Berkshire
Edward John Beatley	Son		2		Faringdon, Berkshire
Martha Beatley	Daughter		1		Faringdon, Berkshire
Ann Barne	Servant	Unm	16	House servant	Great Coxwell, Berkshire
Note: William Beatley and Mary Crump were married at Witney in Oct/Nov/Dec 1854 (website: FreeBMD).
1871 census – Market Place, Witney, Oxfordshire     Reference: RG10/1453 (folio 54, p. 3)
William Beatley	Head	Married	41	Gun Maker	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Mary Beatley	Wife	Married	41		Witney, Oxfordshire
Catherine Beatley	Daughter		15		Witney, Oxfordshire
William Crump Beatley	Son		14	assisting dispenser	Faringdon, Berkshire
Edward John Beatley	Son		12	Scholar	Faringdon, Berkshire
Martha Beatley	Daughter		11	Scholar	Faringdon, Berkshire
Notes: It appears that William Beatley took over the business of his wife’s family. In an 1844 directory William King Crump was a gun and locksmith at Market Place, High St, Witney (Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Berks, Bucks . . . , 1844, accessed at Historical Directories online); an 1854 directory named ‘Misses Ann & Martha Crump’ as ‘Ironmongers & Gas Fitters’ at Market Place, Witney (Post Office Directory of Berkshire, . . . and Oxfordshire, etc, 1854, accessed at Google books online).
1891 census – Willow Cottage, Colwall, Ledbury, Herefordshire     Reference: RG12/2051 (folio 45, p. 9)
Edward J Beatley	Head	Married	32	Farmer & parish clerk	Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Elizabeth Beatley	Wife	Married	30		Colwall, Herefordshire
Frank E Beatley	Son		8	Scholar	Colwall, Herefordshire
Naomi Beatley	Daughter		7	Scholar	Colwall, Herefordshire
Gertrude Beatley	Daughter		5	Scholar	Colwall, Herefordshire
Gladys Beatley	Daughter		3		Colwall, Herefordshire
Dorothy Beatley	Daughter		1		Colwall, Herefordshire
1901 census – Woefields Farm, Coddington, Herefordshire     Reference: RG13/2470 (folio 30, p. 6)
Edward J Beatley	Head	Married	43	Farmer	Faringdon, Berkshire
Elizabeth Beatley	Wife	Married	41		Colwall, Herefordshire
Mary Naomi Beatley	Daughter	Single	17	Dressmaker	Colwall, Herefordshire
Gertrude Kathleen Beatley	Daughter		15		Colwall, Herefordshire
Gladys Beatley	Daughter		13		Colwall, Herefordshire
Dorothy Beatley	Daughter		11		Colwall, Herefordshire
Margery Beatley	Daughter		8		Colwall, Herefordshire
Edward Reginald Beatley	Son		6		Colwall, Herefordshire
Henry William Beatley	Son		4		Coddington, Herefordshire
John Beatley	Son		2		Coddington, Herefordshire
Richard Beatley	Son		1		Coddington, Herefordshire
1911 census – Castle Inn, Stonebow Rd, Hereford     Reference: RG14/15712 (schedule 193)
Edward John Beatley	Head	Widower	52	Inn Keeper	Farringdon, Berkshire
Mary Naomi Beatley	Daughter	Single	27	House Keeper	Colwall, Herefordshire
Henry William Beatley	Son		14	School	Coddington, Herefordshire
John Beatley	Son		12	School	Coddington, Herefordshire
Notes: In 1911 the sister of Edward John Beatley, Martha Beatley, aged 51, never married, was working as a nurse at the London Hospital, Whitechapel in the east end of London (census reference: RG14/1497). On census day 1911 the son of Edward John Beatley, Edward Reginald Beatley, aged 16, was employed as a farm worker for the farmer Samuel Nottingham Weaver at Brockhill Farm, Colwall, Herefordshire (census reference: RG14/15605). At the start of the Great War, Edward Reginald Beatley was a farmer in Canada. He enlisted at Winnipeg on 14 December 1914 for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. On the application form his next-of-kin was named as his father Edward John Beatley of Castle Inn, Herefordshire; his birth date was stated as 19 April 1890 which would make him 24 years old. His real birth year was 1894. On the medical examination form his age on enlistment was stated more accurately as 20 years (Attestation Paper , Medical Exam , Soldiers of the First World War, Library and Archives Canada). Edward Reginald Beatley, a private in the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Alberta Regiment, was killed in action in a front line trench at Givenchy, France on 21 June 1915 (online memorial , Death Registers First World War, Library and Archives Canada). He is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial.
Charles Beatley and Family
1861 census – Basingstoke, Hampshire     Reference: RG9/708 (folio 30, p. 15)
Charles Beatley	Head	Married	24	Gun Maker and Ironmonger	Basingstoke
Elizabeth Beatley	Wife	Married	25		Fulham, Middlesex
Fanny Beatley	Sister	Unm	18		Basingstoke
Mary Ann Hobbs	Servant	Unm	16	Housemaid	Oakley, Hampshire
1871 census – 25 Edenham St, Kensington, London     Reference: RG10/47 (folio 27, p. 45)
Charles Beatley	Head	Married	33	Gas Fitter	Basingstoke
Elizabeth Beatley	Wife	Married	33		Fulham, Middlesex
Henry Charles Beatley	Son		9	Scholar	Basingstoke
Herbert John Beatley	Son		7	Scholar	Basingstoke
Walter P Beatley	Son		5	Scholar	Basingstoke
Charles [Alfred] Beatley	Son		2		Chelsea, Middlesex
1891 census – 173 Kilburn Park Road, Paddington, London     Reference: RG12/6 (folio 55, p. 52)
Elizabeth Beatley	Head	Widow	52		Marylebone, London
Charles A Beatley	Son	Single	22	Painter	Marylebone, London
1911 census – Cambridge House, 57 Cambridge Rd, West Kilburn, London     Reference: RG14/6984
Herbert Beatley	Head	Married	47	Decorator	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Matilda Beatley	Wife	Married	41		Kennington, London
Rose Spratt	Sister-in-law	Single	34		Kennington, London
Lilly Beatley	Daughter	Single	20		Kilburn, Middlesex
Violet Beatley	Daughter	Single	17		Kilburn, Middlesex
1911 census – 29 Percy Road, West Kilburn, London     Reference: RG14/6986
Walter Percy Beatley	Head	Married	44	Carpenter	Basingstoke
Esther Beatley	Wife	Married	41		Marylebone
Walter Percy Beatley	Son	Single	22	Warehouseman Lace	Paddington
Bessie Yetta Beatley	Daughter	Single	19	Corsetiere	Enfield
Florence May Beatley	Daughter	Single	16	Corsetiere	Paddington
Esther Beatley	Daughter	Single	15	Typeist   [sic]	Willesden
Nellie Rozalie Beatley	Daughter		13	School	Willesden
1911 census – 165 Kilburn Park Road, Paddington, London     Reference: RG14/28
Charles Alfred Beatley	Head	Married	42	Paperhanger     Building trade	Middlesex
Fanny Beatley	Wife	Married	43		Worcestershire
Charles Alfred Beatley	Son	Single	17	Paperhanger	Middlesex
Walter John Beatley	Son		13	Scholar	Middlesex
The Soper Family in Census Returns Gunmakers of Basingstoke Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website. Note: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over.
Name			Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – London Street, Basingstoke     Reference: HO107/385/2 (folio 12, p. 19)
Richard Soper			45	Gun Maker	N
Sarah Soper			45		N
Richard Soper			15		Y
Mary Soper			15		Y
Sophia Soper			9		Y
Lucy Soper			7		Y
William Soper			4		Y
Note: Another son, John Burgess Soper, is recorded in the next census transcript.
1841 census – Portland Place, Balham Hill, Streatham [South London]                         Reference: HO107/1068/1 (folio 25, p. 14)
John Burgess Soper			22	Whitesmith	N
Mary Burgess Millard			47	Independent	N
Ann Selmon			60	Independent	N
Maria Bawcombe			30	Independent	Y
Notes: The relationship between John Burgess Soper and Mary Burgess Millard is not known. On 24 June 1841 the marriage register for St James, Piccadilly, London recorded the wedding of John Burgess Soper, bachelor, whitesmith of Balham Hill, Streatham, son of Richard Soper, whitesmith, and Ann Laybourn, spinster of St James Street, daughter of Thomas Laybourn, smith; marriage by banns, witnesses: Robert Laybourn, Mary Laybourn (Westminster Marriages, City of Westminster Archives Centre, FindMyPast).
Name and relation to Head of household		Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – 138 Friar Street, Reading St Lawrence, Berkshire     Reference: HO107/1692 (folio 325, p. 16)
Richard Soper	Head	Widower	56	Gun Maker	Aldermaston, Berkshire
Lucy Soper	Daughter	Unm	17		Basingstoke, Hampshire
William Soper	Son		14	Gun Maker Apprentice	Basingstoke
Note: Richard’s son John Burgess Soper is recorded in the next census transcript.
1851 census – Market Place, Basingstoke     Reference: HO107/1681 (folio 161, p. 15)
John Burgess Soper	Head	Married	30	Engineer and Gun Maker, Employing 2 men and 1 apprentice	Padworth, Berkshire
Ann Soper	Wife	Married	41		St Helen Auckland, Durham
Sarah Ann Soper	Daughter		8	Scholar	Chelsea, Middlesex
Betsey Mary Murray     Soper	Daughter		6	Scholar	Balham Streatham, Surrey
Charlotte Dent	Servant	Unm	15	House Servant	Ramsdell, Hampshire
1861 census – Market Place, Basingstoke     Reference: RG9/708 (folio 29, p. 13)
John Burgess Soper	Head	Married	40	Engineer, Gun Maker & Ironmonger, Employing 10 men & 4 apprentices	Padworth, Berkshire
Ann Laybourn Soper	Wife	Married	51		St Helen Auckland, Durham
Sarah Ann Soper	Daughter	Unm	18		St Lukes Chelsea, Middlesex
Betsey Mary Soper	Daughter	Unm	16		Streatham, Surrey
Rosa Ellen Soper	Daughter		9	Scholar	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Alice Maria Soper	Daughter		8	Scholar	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Richard Berry	Shopman	Unm	27	Ironmonger's assistant	Holybourne, Hampshire
George Gordon Minns	Apprentice	Unm	18	Apprentice	Westminster
Thomas Robert Walker	Nephew	Unm	14		Durham
1871 census – Market Place, Basingstoke     Reference: RG10/1234 (folio 34, p. 14)
John Burgess Soper	Head	Married	50	Ironmonger	Padworth, Berkshire
Ann Soper	Wife	Married	61		St Helen Auckland, Durham
Alice M Soper	Daughter	Unm	18		Basingstoke, Hampshire
Charles F J Cooksey	Grandson		1		Basingstoke, Hampshire
Jane Ayliffe	Servant	Unm	16	General Servant	Worting, Hampshire
1881 census – Hillside, Vyne Road, Basingstoke     Reference: RG11/1255 (folio 6, p. 9)
John B Soper	Head	Married	60	Ironfounder Employing 7 men and 2 boys	Padworth, Berkshire
Ann L Soper	Wife	Married	71		Auckland, Durham
Sarah A Soper	Daughter	Unm	38	Governess	Chelsea, Middlesex
Alice M Soper	Daughter	Unm	28		Basingstoke, Hampshire
Mary L Lees	Sister-in-law	Mar	69	Invalid	St Helens, Durham
Frank L J Howe	Grandson		13	Scholar	Dalston, London
Stirling C W Howe	Grandson		8	Scholar	Upper Tooting, London
Sarah Ann Malden	Servant	Unm	20	Domestic Servant	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Note: Hillside was the grand residence built by John Burgess Soper in the late 1870s on the site that is now Sylvaner Court (South View Conservation Area Appraisal, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, May 2006).
1891 census – Vyne Road, Basingstoke     Reference: RG12/958 (folio 19, p. 7)
John B Soper	Head	Married	70	Retired mechanical engineer gunsmith	Padworth, Berkshire
Ann Soper	Wife	Married	81		St Helen Auckland, Durham
Alice M Soper	Daughter	Single	38		Basingstoke, Hampshire
Mary E Tuttell	Servant	Single	20	General servant	Basingstoke, Hampshire
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