Ann Beaumont - Brick wall smashed!

Ann Beaumont was my 3x great grandmother. She was an exciting name to discover, because this revealed the origin of the name Beaumont, which runs in my mom's family. Ann had a son named Beaumont Jackson, Beaumont's grandson (my grandpa) has the middle name Beaumont, and my uncle has the same name as my grandpa, including the middle name Beaumont. So it was very cool to learn that that came from the last name of my great great great grandmother!

What I knew about her as of this morning was this: She was born in about 1841. On January 1, 1860, she married John Jackson in Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire. They had a son named Beaumont, who moved to Manitoba. Eventually Ann also moved to Manitoba (between 1911 and 1916, I think).

Today I discovered the site Beaumont Family History, which specifically says it studies the Beaumonts of Yorkshire! I was so excited! So, I sent them an email telling them what I knew about Ann Beaumont. Within a few hours I got an email back from Diana Beaumont, telling me that Ann lived in an area they hadn't covered in detail yet, but still giving me two census records, which give me the names of her parents, and 4 siblings. She also provided the exact dates of birth and baptism. I nearly fainted with joy.

So, here's what I know now: Ann was born on February 5, 1841, and baptised in Kirkheaton on May 16, 1842. Her parents were John Beaumont, a surgeon, and Mary (ooh, looks like I've got another brick wall to chip away at!). In the 1841 census, they lived in the household of Joshua and Ellenor Inman, on Stafford Hill (perhaps this street; check out that street view: beautiful!). Next door was a 60 year old John Beaumont, who could possibly be Ann's grandfather. Here's what the censuses contain:

1841 Kirkheaton Census, HO 107/1278/3

At Stafford hill

Joshua Inman 40 farmer

Ellenor Inman 40

John Beaumont 30 surgeon

Mary Beaumont 30

Ann Beaumont 4 months

John Beaumont 60 farmer

Charles Stancliffe 25 cow dealer

Joseph Beaumont 7

 

1851 Kirkheaton Census, HO 107/2294

At Hill Side #123 on schedule

John Beaumont H 43 surgeon Kirkheaton

Mary Beaumont W 43 Kirkheaton

Tom W Beaumont S 14 scholar Kirkheaton

Ann Beaumont D 10 scholar Kirkheaton

Maria Beaumont D   8 scholar Kirkheaton

Alfred Beaumont S   5 scholar Kirkheaton

Ada Beaumont D   3 Kirkheaton

 

This is so exciting! I'm not very good at working with UK records, but at the very least I can take this information to the library and search the Ancestry database, and hopefully find even more details.

 

I'm so grateful for the genealogy community! I only hope I can be this helpful on someone else's brick wall one of these days! :)