Michael Beavis

Ancestors

Biography

Michael John Beavis was born in 1928, the son of John Henry Beavis and his wife Nelly Doris Walter, with the event being registered in the 1st Quarter at Lewisham.^[1]

It has not been determined where Michael and his sister were on the 29th September 1939, as it is possible they were, by then, away at school.

Through at least the 1950s and 1960s, he was a registered voter living at 17 Hill House Road, Streatham. Also registered to vote at that address in 1955 were his sister Anne, Florence Maude Townsend (who had been a companion in the households of his great-grandfather (at 39), and his grandfather (at age 68), and Norah Sophia Townsend (Florence's sister-in-law). In 1960, only Florence was still in residence. By 1962 (Florence having died in 1961) Michael was the only registered voter at 17 Hill House Road.^[2]

When his stepmother died in April 1966, Michael was named in the probate declaration for her estate, along with the Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited. (She left effects to the value of £15,209.)^[3]

Michael John Beavis passed away in 1996, having never married and with no known children, with the event being registered in the 4th Quarter at Bromley.^[4] A funeral service was held at the Beckenham Crematorium at 2 p.m. on the 18th.^[5]
The disposition of his cremains is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration — England & Wales births, deaths and marriages registrations, General Register Office United Kingdom, Southport, England, HM Passport Office online search Births: Name: BEAVIS, MICHAEL JOHN; Mother's Maiden Surname: WALTER; GRO Reference: 1928 M Quarter in LEWISHAM Volume 01D Page 1578
2. ↑ Voter Registration — Electoral Registers. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Name: Michael J Beavis; Electoral Date: 1955; Electoral Date: 1960; Electoral Date: 1961; Electoral Date: 1962; Electoral Date: 1963; Electoral Date: 1964; Electoral Date: 1965; Street Address: 17 Hill House Road; Ward or Division/Constituency: Streatham; County or Borough: Wandsworth, England
3. ↑ Probate of Stepmother's Estate. — UK Government Probate Service online search: Name: Kathleen Mary Beavis; Death Date: 18 Apr 1966; Death Place: Devon, England; Probate Date: 16 Jun 1966; Probate Registry: Exeter
4. ↑ Death Registration — England & Wales births, deaths and marriages registrations, General Register Office United Kingdom, Southport, England, HM Passport Office online search Deaths: Name: BEAVIS, MICHAEL JOHN; Year of Birth: 1928; GRO Reference: DOR Q4/1996 in BROMLEY (2221D) Reg D27 Entry Number 139
5. ↑ Obituary / Funeral Announcement — The Daily Telegraph, London, Wednesday 13 November 1996, page 24, at newspapers.com. Clipped 24 July 2022.

• First-hand information as remembered by Mary Watson, Sunday, February 16, 2014.