BERESFORD
Thanks to Myra Beresford for sharing the information she already had with me

Beresford Family - relevant links: Beresford Family Society UK Fenny Bentley page - Historical home of the Beresfords - off the Derbyshire UK website Distribution of the surname Beresford in 1881 City Ark (Medway) - old pictures of Gillingham City Arik (Medway) - old pictures of Chatham

Starting with my grandfather:

WILLIAM GEORGE BERESFORD b. 27/08/1913 Woolwich, Kent, England m. Ivy Florence Cooper 25/12/1935 St Margarets Church, Plumstead Common, Plumstead, England m. Margaret Winifred Smith 1970 d. 28/04/1970 Radyr, Wales

Children: 3

Employment:
Officer in Army (REME - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) just b/f end WW2
Left as Acting Lieutenant Colonel (Previously Major) shortly after WW2
As civil servant, oversaw Krupps factory conversion from munitions factory to domestic use (Germany).
Worked at the War Office supervising projects (Chessington)
Sent to REME workshops in Ashford, Kent - developed first robot arms used in Northern Ireland to diffuse bombs.
Sent to help move London industries to Newcastle - government projects Lecturer
1942: Electrical Inspector Royal Arsenal (munitions) | 1965: Civil Servant | 1970: Regional Technical Officer

Addresses:
1913: 22 Heverham Road, Plumstead, Kent
1914ish: 23 Hargor Road, Plumstead Common, Kent
1923: 57 Palmerston Road, Plumstead

WILLIAM BERESFORD b. 11/10/1884 Gillingham, Medway, Kent, England chr. 26/10/1884 St. Paul's Church, Chatham, Kent, England m. Caroline Emily Garrett 25/12/1912 St. James' Church Plumstead, Kent, England d. 21/01/1969 Plumstead, Kent, England

Children: 2
incl. William George b. 27/08/1913

Employment:
1901: Labourer, brewery | 1912: Labourer | 1913: Arsenal Labourer
Army: Pre WW1: Gunner, 8 Mountain Battery - Northwest Frontier, India. Finished army service in 1912.
Recalled for WW1 in 1914: 39 Battery, Royal Field Artillery positioned in France.

WILLIAM BERESFORD b. 1850-1854 Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset, England m. Ann Matilda Woolnough 27/05/1878 St. Mark's Church, New Brompton m. Ann Trotman same woman as above. 25/01/1880 Christ Church, Luton   m. Mary Ann Fisher 08/01/1888 All Saints Church, St. Saviour, England Mary marked as married in 1901, but living with her sister's family in London. d. 19/04/1923 age 72 Plumstead, Kent, England William living with Emily (Formerly Evans) in 1901 census, Emily was previously married to a Richard Johnson. She died in 1906.

Children with Ann: 3 Annie Beresford Rose Beresford Kezia Beresford Alfred Beresford Will. Beresford Annie Matilda, b. Jan-Mar 1881 Medway chr. 27/03/1881 St. Pauls, Chatham d. Jul-Sept 1884 Medway Kezia Emma b. Apr-Jun 1883 Medway chr. 13/05/1883 St. Pauls, Chatham m John Alfred Clark Jan-Mar 1902 Woolwich William b. 11/10/1884 Medway chr. 26/10/1884 St. Pauls, Chatham m Caroline Garrett 25/12/1912 Plumstead Children with Emily: 2 Rose Maud, b. Oct-Dec 1898 Medway Alfred George, b. 20/08/1900 Plumstead - moved to New Zealand c1950 Note: William Brought up several Johnson stepchildren with Emily as well

Employment:
1878: Private in 5th Regiment - (5th reg of foot - fusiliers) | 1880: Labourer | 1881: Labourer
1884: General Labourer | 1900: Ordinance Labourer | 1901: Labourer, Woolwich Arsenal
1906: Night Watchman, LCC Electric Station | 1923: Fish Hawker (on death cert)

WILLIAM BERESFORD

	b. 1829-1834 Bristol, Gloucestershire
	m. Emma Lacey 03/09/1855 Parish Church, St. Judes, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Emma b. 1830 Bristol d. Oct-Dec 1865 Clifton
	d. Before 1880. Poss in 1860s.

Children: 4/5/6?
Mary A, b. 1852 Bristol, chr. 13/02/1853 Philip & Jacob Church, Bristol
m. Matthew Davis, Aldershot, Hampshire
William b. 1851-4 Bristol
Ann b. Oct-Dec 1856 Bristol chr 19/09/1856 Philip & Jacob Church, Bristol - d. Jan-Mar 1859 Clifton
poss John b. Oct-Dec 1858 Clifton d. Jan-Mar 1859 Clifton
Jane b. Jan-Mar 1860 Bristol (under Bersiford)
poss Ann b. Jan-Mar 1865 Bristol

Employment:
1851, 1855: Toymaker | 1861: Musician | 1878: Tailor (poss...) | 1880: Shoemaker (poss...)

Addresses:
1841: Duck Lane, Bristol
1851: New Street, Bristol (living with family in brother John's house)
1855: New Street, Bristol
1861: 20 Allison Street, Birmingham

WILLIAM BERESFORD

	b. 1770-80 Leicestershire
	m. Ann Archer poss 23/02/1818 Saint Margaret, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Ann b. 1797 d. 09/07/1838 St. James, Bristol
	d. 26/06/1860 age 80 St. Paul, Bristol

Children: 4
Sarah b. ?
John b. 1823-29 Taunton m. Mary Harris Apr-Jun 1851 Clifton
1861, living at Merryfield Place, Phillip and Jacob, Bristol. John is a Toymaker.
1871, living at 5 Merryfield Court, Phillip and Jacob, Bristol. John is a Tinplate Worker, Jane is a Midwife
In 1881, living at 8 Merryfield Buildings, Phillip and Jacob, Bristol. John is a Tinman, Jane is a Midwife
William, b. 1829 Bristol m. Emma Lacey
Jane b. 1831 Bristol m. Henry Biggs Apr-Jun 1851 Clifton (poss Jane Beridge chr. 10/06/1832 St. James Bristol)
1851, living at Great ??, Phillip and Jacob, St. Judes, Bristol with child Jane, b. 1849. Henry is a Butcher.
1861, living at Great Ann? Street, Phillip and Jacob, Bristol with child Jane. Henry - Butcher, Jane - Laundress.
1871, living at 1 Prinnell(?) Street, Phillip and Jacob, Bristol. Henry - Butcher, Jane - Washerwoman.
Can't find them in 1881. There's a Henry Biggs living with a Harriet, born 1847 who's a butcher in Kings Norton?!
poss Elizabeth chr. 03/041836 St James, Bristol

Employment:
1841-1860: Tailor

Addresses:

1823ish: Taunton
1838: Pithay, Bristol - Info at http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/streets/
1841: Duck Lane, Bristol - no longer there - off Nelson Street - now part of Fairfax Street
1851: New Street, Bristol (living with family at son John's house)
1860: 5 Lodge Court, St. Phillip, Bristol (on death cert)

From familysearch.org -
possibility of the following, if Jane Beridge Beresford is this family.

The above-mentioned William could've been born in Syston Leicestershire chr. 23/04/1780
parents John and Mary Beresford (written Barisford)

If so, John Beresford b. c1754, married Mary Berridge 31/01/1780 Syston, Leicester, England
Mary b. 03/01/1756 Syston - parents are William Berridge b. 19/03/1732/33 Syston and Hannah Searson
William and Hannah married 30/05/1756 Syston
parents are William Berridge b. 4/09/1706 Syston and Mary Cave
William and Mary married 2/02/1727/28 Syston
parents are Henry Berridge and Mary Lacer (Mary b. 26/02/1687/88 Syston
Henry and Mary married 29/09/1705 in Syston,Leicestershire
This is off rootsweb.com database pauljhunt - search under John Berrisford or Mary Berridge