George
Frederick
Bedggood
Born in Henley, Oxfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Bedggood
and Mary Ann (Price) Bedggood
Brother of
Charles Augustus Bedggood
Husband of
Julia Ann (Byrt) Bedggood
— married
17 Apr 1877 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 89
in Plumstead, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Profile last modified
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Biography
George Frederick Bidggood was baptised in Henley on 14 February 1836, he was the son of Charles Bedggood and Mary Price [1]
George worked as a clerk for the Great Western Railway between 1853 and 1857, and was employed at Paddington, Cheltenham and Slough stations. He resigned in October 1857. [2]
His parents emigrated to Australia in about 1853, leaving George behind. He visited them in 1858, sailing on 26 December 1857 from London on The Eagle, and arriving in Port Philip on 3 April 1858. [3]
He married Julia Ann Byrt on 17 April 1877, in Shepton Mallet Somerset. George was shown as a station master, and the son of Charles Bedggood, Julia was the daughter of Albert Byrt, a bookseller. [4]
George and Julia and their family emigrated to South Africa sometime before 1880. During that year George became a member of The Freemasons, in Queenstown, Cape of Good Hope. he was a railway officer [5]
George passed away in Plumstead, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa on 31 May 1925, he was about 86 years old [6]
Census
- 1851 Stroud [7]
- Charles Bedggood Head Male 41 Reaingworthy, Gloucestershire
- Mary A Bedggood Wife Female 38 Stroud, Gloucestershire
- George Bedggood Son Male 14 Henley, Oxfordshire
- Charles A Bedggood Son Male 10 Henley, Oxfordshire
- Ellen Bedggood Daughter Female 8 Stroud, Gloucestershire
- Mary Bedggood Daughter Female 5 Stroud, Gloucestershire
- William Bedggood Son Male 4 Stroud, Gloucestershire
- Sarah Bedggood Daughter Female 0 Stroud, Gloucestershire
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [1]
- ↑ Ancestry UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956 [2]
- ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP72-KM9M : 15 October 2019), George T Bedggood, 1857.
- ↑ Ancestry Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 [3]
- ↑ Ancestry England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [4]
- ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKL-GLGQ : 28 September 2018), George Frederick Bedggood, 1925; citing Probate, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa, 1925, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,612,729.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKL-7ZQ : 9 November 2019),
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