Beatrice Alice Akers (1881 - 1981)

Born 1881 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 1981 at about age 100 in Kew, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Beatrice Alice Akers was born in 1881 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England to Thomas Akers and Mary Anne (Duncan) Akers. Her birth was registered in Farnham, Surrey [the registration district for Aldershot] in the third quarter of the year, with mother's maiden name Duncan.^[1]

In 1891 Beatrice A Akers (age 10, Scholar) lived at Perry Street in Chatham Town, Kent with her father Thomas (55), mother Maryanne (43), and five siblings: Kate (19, Tailoress), Thomas A (17, General Labourer), Maud (14, Scholar), Mable C F (6, Scholar), and Ethel R (0).^[2]

In 1901 Beatrice Akers (age 19, Tailoress) lived in Rochester St Margaret, Kent with her father Thomas (65, Pensioner Army Service Corp), mother Mary A (52), two sisters: Mabel C F (16) and Ethel R (10), as well as her grandfather Alfred Duncan (81).^[3]

In 1911 Beatrice Alice Akers (age 29, Tailoress) lived in Chatham Town with her widowed mother Mary Ann (64) and two sisters: Mabel Clara Florence (26, Elem School Teacher for Rochester Education Com) and Ethel Ruth (20, Elem School Teacher for Rochester Education Com).^[4]

Beatrice emigrated to Australia in 1914, with her mother and two sisters (her married sister Maud Newbold had already gone to Australia with her family at least a year earlier): Miss B Akers (32), with her mother Mrs M (65) and sisters Miss M (29) and Miss E (24), sailed aboard the ship Borda from London in 1914, their destination was Melbourne.^[5]

Beatrice Alice Akers passed away in 1981 in Kew, Victoria - she was 99 years old, her mother was Mary Ann DUNCAN and her father was Thomas Wood AKERS.^[6]

• Fact: Residence (31 Mar 1901) Rochester St Margaret, Kent, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (1911) Chatham Town, Kent, England, United Kingdom

• Fact: Residence (31 Mar 1901) Rochester St Margaret, Kent, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (1911) Chatham Town, Kent, England, United Kingdom

• Fact: Residence (31 Mar 1901) Rochester St Margaret, Kent, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (1911) Chatham Town, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XJJ-1NS : 1 October 2014), Beatrice Alice Akers, 1881; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Farnham, Surrey, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [mother's maiden name included on the GRO Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp)]
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM6-M2M : 3 May 2019), Beatrice A Akers in household of Thomas Akers, Chatham Town, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FF-3RQ : 20 May 2019), Beatrice Akers in household of Thomas Akers, Rochester St Margaret, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Rochester And Chatham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWDN-1RC : 28 June 2019), Beatrice Alice Akers in household of Mary Ann Akers, Chatham Town, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5X-1X2Y : 3 November 2019), B Akers, ; citing Emigration, Australia, name citing Borda, Attorney General of South Australia, Adelaide.
6. ↑ Victoria Births Deaths & Marriages (https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/-) Death registration #7461/1981, AKERS Beatrice Alice.

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