She was Baptised on 17 August 1879 at Natal, South Africa[1].
At the age of 20 Beatrice married 24 year old Frederick George King on 11 October 1899 in St. Cyprian's Church, Durban, Natal, after Banns[2]. Frederick was a bookkeeper.
They went on to have three children:
Esca Beatrice King (b. 11 Feb 1900, d. 1966)
Leslie George King (b. 11 Apr 1902, d. 13 Jan 1962)
Eileen May King (b. 28 May 1905)
Sadly she passed away in 1911 at the age of 32[3].
Sources
↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-1DL9 : 6 November 2014), John Henry Ritson in entry for Beatrice Margaret, 17 Aug 1879; citing Baptism, Natal, South Africa, p. 245, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
↑ "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDC2-1HS : 27 December 2014), Frederick George King and Beatrice Margaret Ritson, 11 Oct 1899; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 00709; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,229.
↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH8-PVQN : 3 April 2020), Beatrice Margaret Ritson King, 1911.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Beatrice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Beatrice: