William was born in 1863[1] in Bardwell, Suffolk, England. His father, John BEALES, died in 1867 at the age of 39[2] and his mother, Caroline (nee JACKAMAN), died in 1870 at 42.[3] Consequently, their youngest children were inmates of Thingoe Union Workhouse on Mill Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at the time of the 1871 census.[4]
At the time of the 1881 census, William was lodging with his brother, George, in Bardwell and working as an agricultural labourer.[5]
Sources
↑ Birth Certificate of William John Beales. Vol 4a p 445. December quarter 1863. Registration district Thingoe. FreeBMD.org.uk GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Jackaman
↑ Death Certificate of John Beales. Vol 4a p 293. June quarter 1867. Registration district Thingoe. Age 39. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑ Death Certificate of Caroline Beales. Vol 4a p 333. September quarter 1870. Registration district Thingoe. Age 42. FreeBMD.org.uk
↑Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
↑Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
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