Margaret was born on 17th May 1840 in Crowell, Oxfordshire.[1] She was the daughter of James (Beauchamp-Proctor) Beauchamp and Margaret Sophia (Beaumont) Beauchamp. Her baptism took place in Crowell on 15th July 1840. Her father stated on the register that he was a clergyman and both her birth and baptism dates were recorded.[2]
Marriage
Margaret married William Cawood Sheen on 7th September 1869 at St James, Paddington, Middlesex. [3] William was a minor, a bachelor working as a farmer and living in St James Paddington, the son of George Cawood Sheen who was also a farmer. Margaret was of full age, living in Caversham, Oxfordshire and the daughter of James Beauchamp who was a clerk in orders. The witnesses to the married were George Cawood Sheen and Mary Letitia Beauchamp.[4]
William Cawood Sheen, head, 62, married, farmer, born in Tetsworth, Oxon
Margaret Agneta Sheen, wife, 71, married 42 years with 7 children born alive to the marriage and all still living, born in Crowell, Oxon
Alice Mary Sheen, daughter, 31, single, born in Crowell, Oxon
William Henry Lowden, visitor, 28, single, engineering trade, born in London
Also one servant
Death
Margaret died on 18th October 1917 at Hyde Farm, Bisham, Berkshire.[16] Probate was granted in 1918 to Frederick James Sheen farmer and Margaret Emma Shrimpton (wife of Arthur Shrimpton) and her estate was valued at £3051 6s. 6d.[17]
↑ Crowell Baptism Register, Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Reference Number: PAR79/1/R2/1 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Register of Marriages, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1869 S Qaurter in Kensington Volume 01A Page 223 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
↑ St James Paddington Marriage Register, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P87/JS/039 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Class: HO107; Piece: 883; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Crowell; County: Oxfordshire; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 2; Page: 1; Line: 5; GSU roll: 474574 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7QX-8Y3), Margart Beauchamp in household of J Beauchamp, Revd, Crowell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 3 Class: HO107; Piece: 1726; Folio: 173; Page: 2; GSU roll: 193635 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGX9-KZQ), Margaret A Beauchamp in household of James Beauchamp, Crowell, Oxfordshire, England; citing Crowell, Oxfordshire, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA):ED 2 Class: RG 9; Piece: 886; Folio: 21; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542716 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7KP-WL4), Margaret A Beauchamp in household of James Beauchamp, Crowell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 2 Class: RG10; Piece: 1430; Folio: 53; Page: 22; GSU roll: 828777 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 2 Class: RG11; Piece: 1493; Folio: 22; Page: 14; GSU roll: 1341361 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 4 Class: RG12; Piece: 1004; Folio: 39; Page: 8; GSU roll: 6096114 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, ED 4 Class: RG13; Piece: 1160; Folio: 37; Page: 7 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, Reg District 123 Reg Sub District 1 ED 01 Schedule Number 90 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England Ancestry Sharing Link
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