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Catherine (Cayley) Legard (abt. 1812 - 1887)

Hon. Catherine Legard formerly Cayley aka Beaumont
Born about in Brompton By Sawdon, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 3 Oct 1831 in Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Wife of — married 6 May 1845 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdommap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 75 in Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

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Catherine (Cayley) Legard was born in Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire, England.

Catherine was the daughter of George Cayley and Sarah Walker.[1][2]

On 19 May 1831 Catherine married Henry Ralph Beaumont of West Bretton, Yorkshire, at Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire.[3][4]

Henry Ralph Beaumont died in 1838[5] and was buried at Brompton by Sawdon on 3 July that year.[6]

The 1841 census lists Catherine at Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire, with her birth county as Yorkshire and her age as 29. Also in the household with the last name Beaumont: Emily, 9; Henry, 8; Mary C, 7; Thomas R, 4.[7][8]

On 6 May 1845 Catherine married James Anlaby Legard.[9] The marriage was registered in the Marylebone district of London in the 2nd quarter of 1945.[10]

The 1851 census lists Catherine at Lenton Hall, Nottinghamshire, age 39, born Brompton, Yorkshire. Husband: James A Legard, 46, born Ganton, Yorkshire, Commander (half-pay) Royal Navy. Children: James Digby Legard, 4, born Lenton; Allayne B, 3, born Lenton; Henry F Beaumont, 18, born Scarborough, Yorkshire; Mary C Beaumont, 16, born Newby Park, Yorkshire; Richard T Beaumont, 13, born Newby Park.[11][12]

The 1861 census lists Catherine at Marylebone, London, age 49, "separated", born Bromton, Yorkshire.[13][14]

The 1871 census lists Catherine in Westminster, Middlesex, age 59, born Scarborough, Yorkshire.[15]

The 1881 census lists Catherine at Kensington, London, age 69, widow, born Brompton by Sawdon, Yorkshire.[16][17]

Catherine's death was registered in the Kensington district of London in the 1st quarter of 1887.[18] Probate was granted on her estate on 29 June 1887, with her death date given as 11 March 1887.[19] (ThePeerage.com, citing Burke's Peerage, gives the death date as 12 March.[20])

Sources

  1. J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. III, William Pollard, 1917, p. 299, Internet Archive
  2. ThePeerage.com
  3. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVT6-K2Y : 11 March 2020), Catherine Cayley in entry for Henry Ralph Beaumont, 1831
  4. Borthwick Institute for Archives, Yorkshire marriages, FindMyPast and linked image
  5. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NRQ-R8W : 31 December 2014), Henry Ralph Beaumont, 1838; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Marylebone, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
  6. "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6614-GVS1 : 23 February 2022), Henry Ralph Beaumont, 1838
  7. "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGB-YY6 : 23 May 2019), Catherine Beaumont, Brompton by Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
  8. UK Census, 1841: Class: HO107; Piece: 1260; Book: 4; Civil Parish: Brompton; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 8; Page: 8; Line: 1; GSU roll: 464234
  9. [ http://thepeerage.com/p49669.htm#i496684 ThePeerage.com]
  10. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DHM-SGR : 13 December 2014), Catherine Beaumont, 1845; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1845, quarter 2, vol. 1, p. 204, Marylebone, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
  11. "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGDB-4WD : 9 November 2019), Catherine Legard in household of James A Legard, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England; citing Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England, p. 30, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
  12. UK Census, 1851: Class: HO107; Piece: 2129; Folio: 37; Page: 30; GSU roll: 87759
  13. "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7GG-RV9 : 3 March 2021), Catherine Legard, Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
  14. UK Census, 1861: Class: RG 9; Piece: 77; Folio: 161; Page: 31; GSU roll: 542569
  15. 1871 census, Class: RG10; Piece: 102; Folio: 6; Page: 3; GSU roll: 838762, FindMyPast
  16. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-BXNS : 10 December 2017), Catherine Legard, Kensington, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 9, Piece/Folio 22/76, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,318
  17. UK Census, 1881: Class: RG11; Piece: 22; Folio: 76; Page: 9; GSU roll: 1341005
  18. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JB7-LPG : 31 December 2014), Catherine Legard, 1887; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
  19. England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019, FindMyPast
  20. ThePeerage.com
  • Burke's Peerage, 107th edition, p.2285
  • Burke's Peerage, 1938, p.534




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