Do you know if John Beard had a brother called Thomas Beard and is there any chance he could have been in Cheshire in 1824 - I've got several references to him in my search for Campbells in Wilmslow around that time.
Unfortunatley I know very little about John Beard who was the Father of Mary Ann who was my Great Great Grandmother.
It is possible that John was the son of John & Elizabeth (Baird) nee Campbell who was christened 16 JUL 1784 in Campsie, Stirling, Scotland.
I don't have any evidence to suggest that he was in Cheshire in 1824, his daughter Mary Ann was born In 1825 and the 1851 census says that she was born in Famhall Bank, Lancashire, England
This is the entry on the 1851 census
1851 Census Price Street, the Chapel House, Birkenhead (St Anne) Cheshire Thomas Dobb Head M 25 Labourer Lancashire, Golbourne Mary Ann Dobb Wife Famhall Bank, Lancashire, England Henry Dobb Son 2 Golbourne, Lancashire John Beard Wifes Father 68 Campsie, Scotland Mary Beard Wifes Mother 70 Yorkshire Bradford
let me know if you thibnk there could be a connection
Regards
Sue
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