Daniel was born on 12 November 1805 in Gt Yarmouth, and baptised on 15 November 1805 He is the youngest son of Philip Bales and Rachel Thompson.
Family
He married Ann Howes on 31 July 1825 in Gorleston, Gt Yarmouth, when both were 19. Daniel signed the register; Ann made her mark. The witnesses were John Seagoe and Margaret Taylor. They had five children:
Daniel, b 1827, Rachael Charlotte b 1828, Phillip Robert, 1835-1895, William b 1835, and Thomas 1838-1901
In the 1841 census, they are all living in Chapel Square; Daniel is described as a carter. There are a couple of references in the Norwich Gazette around this time about a carter called Daniel Beales being fined for driving his cart ‘furiously’, which may be him. In the electoral registers for 1852,3,5 and 8 he’s listed as having ‘house and stables’ at Mill Rd, and in 1859 at Victoria Rd. In the 1861 census, they are now at 2 Victoria Rd, and Daniel is described as a ‘cow keeper’ and this is confirmed on Ann’s death certificate – maybe they had a small dairy?? In 1871, Daniel is no longer living with Ann; he‘s a lodger at Redan Opening, and described as a Fish carter. Ann doesn’t appear in the 1871 census.
Death & Legacy
On 9 April 1882, Daniel was found drowned in the River Yare: there was an inquest on 11 April, which returned an open verdict, and he was buried on 12 April in the parish church, his address at time of death being given as ‘row 140’. From the newspaper report, he was living with his wife in row 140; on the Sunday morning someone saw him in the sea under the Wellington Pier and pulled him out: he said he’d fallen in the water. A few hours later he was found in the river by the fish wharf.
He was buried on 12 April 1882.
marriage : Gorleston Parish records : marriages 1825 page 196 entry 588 Norfolk Record Office PD 671-11
UK census 1841: "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M79J-5DY : 25 May 2019), Daniel Beales, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
UK census 1851: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGXD-N73 : 9 November 2019), Daniel Beals, Nelson Ward, Norfolk, England; citing Nelson Ward, Norfolk, England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Norwich Mercury 26 February 1859 page 8 cols 2-3
Electoral Register 1853 : "England, Norfolk Register of Electors, 1832-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H1H-436 : 18 July 2017), Daniel Beales, 1853; citing , Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Central Library, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,597,179.
UK census 1861: "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M769-Y4L : 3 March 2021), Daniel Beales, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
death: "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J88-35M : 31 December 2014), Daniel Beales, 1882; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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