Her parents were Zilpha (Zilpah) Downing b abt 1864 in Shillington Bedfordshire and James Millard b abt 1862 in Meppershall Beds. The were married in Q1 in 1882 in Beds.
Beatrice Annie (b abt 1886 Meppershall) was :
living in Bedford and working as a cook in the 1911 census, (home of Thomas Pearson, 31 Shakespeare Road)
working as a house maid in Bedford at the 1901 census
at home with her parents in Meppershall in the 1891 census.
Siblings : Maud b abt 1884, Grace b abt 1889, Laura b abt 1894, Archie 1897, Hettie 1900.
(she was one of 7 children of which 6 were alive in 1911)
Zilpha like many of the women and children in the area worked as a straw plaiter in 1891 (they made the plaits for straw hats)
James was an Ag lab in 1891, a builder, thatcher and ag lab in 1901 and a
Zilpha was living with parents William Downing (b abt 1830 in Flitwick) and Betsey (b abt 1831 in Shillington) in the 1871 census
Her father, William was working as a coprolite labourer. This was an industry that employed hundreds in the area, I tried to paste a link but then lost this post so I'll try to write the web address www.shillington-history.org.uk/Pages/Coprolite_industry.htm
If it doesn't work I'm sure you'll find it on a google search