Francis BECK born 1853-1856 Jersey

[rob e]

Trying to obtain more info about Francis Beck. English 1901 census shows place of birth as St. Helier approx 1856. He was married in Plymouth in 1881 aged 25 - his father was also called Francis Beck and was a butter merchant. Death cert from 1928 shows age as 75. A distant relative said he was banished from Jersey.

Thanks in advance.

Rob

[CaroleW]

1891 has a Frank Beck married aged 37 b Jersey working as an able seaman onboard the Boman Prince which was moored in Monmouth Wales

There is nothing on the CI 1841 - 1871 for any Francis Beck  - if he was forced to leave Jersey - could he have either changed his surname or "adapted" it

[rob e]

Hi Carole,

Many thanks for checking. I think you're right about the adapted name.

"Francis" was a merchant seaman in Sept 1881 and was not in the family home for 1891 census. I had assumed he was at sea, but looks like you found him for me.

Rob

[Mike E]

Hi Rob -

If I was to take a guess at the Jersey version of a name which was anglicised as 'Beck', the first name to come to mind is Bequet  (pronounced 'Beckay').

There is an interesting Francis Bequet on the 1871 census
Mike

[CaroleW]

Hi

The 1871 image is actually spelt Beoquet or Besquet and transcribed as Beoquet on Ancestry

Francis snr was a farmer and landowner which is a different occupation to butter merchant but if Francis jnr was banished from Jersey, who knows?

His age is 25 in 1881 giving a birthyear of 1856 but when he died in 1928 he was 75 so birthyear 1853

I'll have a look at earlier censuses for this family

[CaroleW]

Hi

The 1861 has them indexed as Bugent but the image appears to be Buquet.  Francis jnr is 10 months old.  Francis snr is shown as a "landed proprietor"

They are living with the parents of Francis snr - also a Francis and also a "landed proprietor"

I suppose he could have added 5 years or so on his age when he married

[raa]

http://jerseyheritagetrust.jeron.je/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=items&LANGUAGE=0&DEBUG=0&LIMIT=10&OPAC_URL=archive.html&BRIEFADAPL=..%2Fweb%2FNAMESLST&SCAN=zQ&SCANVAL=beck&x=9&y=11

[Hill]

Hi

I searched the birth indexes from 1852 to 1858 and there was only one Beck born in that period and unless he changed sex, it's not him!

Stewart

[raa]

that opac site i sent u gives school records wills war records all sorts  raa