Mary Jane (Beach) Portal (abt. 1828 - 1903)

Born about 1828 in Oakley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Wyndham Spencer Portal Bt — married 1849 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1903 at about age 75 in Basingstoke registration district

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Biography

Mary was born in 1828. She is the daughter of William Hicks.

Christening

Name: Mary Jane Hicks Beach Beach

Event Type: Christening

Event Date: 13 Oct 1828

Event Place: Deane, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): Deane by Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Sex: Female

Father's Name: Wm Beach

Mother's Name: Jane Henrietta Hicks^[1]

Marriage

Name: Wyndham Spencer Portal

Name; Mary Jane Beach

Event Type: Marriage

Event Place: Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Registration District: Basingstoke

County: Hampshire

Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun

Registration Year: 1849^[2]

Census 1891

Event Place: Church Oakley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Event Place (Original): Church Oakley, Hampshire, England

Event Place Note: Basingstoke Road

County: Hampshire

Parish: Church Oakley

Ecclesiastical Parish: OAKLEY

Enumeration District: 8

Registration District: Basingstoke

Wyndham S Portal Head Male 68 Hampshire, England - Magistrate - Paper Maker

Mary Jane Portal Wife Female 62 Hampshire, England

Spencer Jno Portal Son Male 26 Hampshire, England

Mary L F Portal Daughter In Law Female 22 Scotland

Jane Eliza Dundas Sister Female 61 Hampshire, England

Lilias E Dundas Niece Female 20 London, England

Egerton Hubbard Son In Law Male 48 London, England

Mary A Hubbard Daughter Female 35 Hampshire, England

Winifred M Hubbard Granddaughter Female 9 London, England

John G Hubbard Grandson Male 7 London, England

Raymond Hubbard Grandson Male 6 London, England

Francis S Hubbard Grandson Male 2 London, England

William Kingsmill Son In Law Male 52 London, England

Constance Kingsmill Daughter Female 39 Hampshire, England

Andrew Kingsmill Grandson Male 9 Kingsclere, Hampshire, England^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKW-Z94 : 19 September 2020), Mary Jane Hicks Beach Beach, 1828.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DS4-SNR : 13 December 2014), Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1849; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1849, quarter 2, vol. 7, p. 97, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4WS3-GT2 : 25 November 2020), Wyndham S Portal, Church Oakley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Hampshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Her Marriage Certificate. Marriage Certificate data (selection):

• Year of Registration :- 1849
• Marriage solemnized :- by License [sic] in the Parish of Deane in the County of Southampton
• Nbr. In register :- 14
• When married :- 29 April 1849
• Bridegroom (Husband): :- Wyndham Spencer Portal
• Bride (Wife) :- Mary Jane Beach
• Age: Husband :- Full age [>21]
• Age: Wife :- Twenty
• Condition: Husband :- Bachelor
• Condition: Wife :- Spinster
• Occupation: Husband :- Esquire
• Occupation: Wife :- “-”
• Residence at time: Husband :- Oakley Hall
• Residence at time: Wife :- Oakley Hall
• Father’s name: Husband :- John Portal
• Father’s name: Wife :- William Beach)
• Father’s rank or profession: Husband :- Esquire
• Father’s rank or profession: Wife :- Esquire
• Church or other location and style :- in the Parish Church [per the] Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church [aka Church of England] … by Licence … by C. R. ?Petal, Rector Kenneth F. Gibbs
• Registry signed :- By the parties in the presence of 5 witnesses who signed the register
• Witness 1 :- Henrietta Maria Hicks-Beach [possibly the bride’s sister]
• Witness 2 :- Jane Eliza Portal [probably an eponymous sibling of the groom]
• Witness 3 :- Melville Portal [probably an eponymous sibling of the groom]
• Witness 4 :- Robert Portal [probably an eponymous sibling of the groom]
• Witness 5 :- William ?Wither Beach

• Document legibility :- Average