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Beevor Family
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This family names seems to have several alternative spellings including Beaver, Beavour, Beevers etc.
Although the family have had many occupations, they are well known as carriers in the 19th century
The cart travelled to Norwich twice a week. It took passengers (fare one shilling return) and goods. It brought back provisions for the grocery shops in Horning, Catfield, Ludham and Potter Heigham.
You may find the following notes helpful:
1842 Tithe Map Robert Beevers occupied a cottage and garden. Owned by John Deaker. Site of demolished cottages in School Rd. Albert Warner/ Westgate and Leggett lived in them. Now a bungalow on site.
1842 Tithe Map. Thomas Beever. Occupied cottage and garden owned by William Green (demolished). On north side of Hall Common Farm and now a walled garden.
1879 Rate Book. Emily Beavour lived in The Street as tenant. Also in The Street Robert Beevour.
1850 Payment for Relief of Poor. John Beevor lived in a cottage in The Street owned by John Deeker
1851 Census. John Beevor aged 64 and Mary his wife 57 lived Hall Common.
1888 St Catherine's Sunday School. Robert Beevor (brother Bob), Arthur Beevor (became a carrier), Harriet Beevor (lived Yarmouth Rd)
1908 Kelly's Directory. Robert Beevor. Carrier to Norwich (horse and cart) Weds and Sats returning same day.
Marriage Oct 21 1845. Robert Beevor, son of Thomas Beevor married Sarah Ling, minor, spinster of Horning. Also on this date Jacob Jermy, full age of Ludham, son of Isaac Jermy married Elizabeth Beevor, Daughter of Thomas Beevor.
1904 Sunday School. St Catherine's. William Beevor and Ethel Beevor
Marriage April 24th 1850. William Beevor, minor, batchelor, labourer, Ludham, son of Thomas Beevor married Mary Lines, spinster of Ludham, daughter of William Lines
July 29th 1858. George Beevor, fullage, batchelor, Ludham, son of Thomas Beevor married Emily Lines aged 19, daughter of William Lines
June 27th 1867. Rober Beevor, full age, batchelor, carter, Ludham, son of John Beevor married Ann Elizabeth Johnson, full age, spinster of Potter Heigham, daughter of Richard Johnson
June 6th 1887. John Miles Bessey, 27, batchelor, fisherman, Ludham, son of John Bessey married Mary Ann Beevors 25, Ludham, daughter of George Beevors.
May 26th 1896. James Beevors, 29, batchelor, fisherman, Ludham, son of George Beevors, married Martha Marr, spinster, Ludham (lived Horse Fen)
Jan 8th 1903. William Henry Stirling, 26, batchelor, Ludham, son of William Stirling, soldier, married Kate Ann Beevor, 27, Ludham, daughter of James Beevor, Farm Bailiff.
March 19th 1903. John Grapes, 50, batchelor, groom, Ludham, son of Thomas Grapes, thatcher, married Emma Beevor, 30, spinster, cook of Ludham, daughter of Robert Beevor, carrier. (Emma born 1873. She and John worked at Ludham Manor). Witnessed by Robert Beevor and Harriet Beevor.
Oct 12th 1911. Arthur Beevor, 31, batchelor, carrier, Ludham, son of Robert Beevor, married Adeline Bertha Jermy, 21, spinster, Ludham, daughter of John Jermy (deceased). (Lived top of Mill Hill. 2 daughters, Madeline and Phylis)
1763. Robert Beevers married Elizabeth Langley
1820. John Newton married Elizabeth Beevor By Banns
The Ludham Archive has had a lot of enquiries from people tracing the Beevor family tree and we have been given some family trees and other information which may be useful. However, they are large files and we cannot easily include them here. If you need them, please go back to our home page and send us an e-mail.
