May Beresford (1893 - 1935)

Born 2 May 1893 in Bucknall, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Research Notes

Birth

Birth registered Jun q 1893 Stoke 6b 218 BERRESFORD, MAY mother BALL^[1]

Baptism: 21 May 1893, Chapel Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bucknall, Staffs (born 2 May 1893) - May Beresford, daur of Albert miner & Anne, abode Werrington Road, Bucknall.

Marriage

Marriage there was a marriage registration for a May Beresford in 1920, at Christ Church, Fenton to Robert Judd^[2] however this is likely a different May Beresford unless they divorced and she reverted to her maiden name, because her death was registered as May Beresford.

Death

Death 5 Jun 1935.^[3] Registered Jun q 1935 Stoke 6b 177 BERESFORD, MAY aged 42^[4]

Burial St Mary's Churchyard, Bucknall, Staffs^[3]

Memorial inscription:

  MAY

  BELOVED DAUGHTER OF ANNE E.M.

  AND THE LATE ALBERT BERESFORD

  OF BUCKNALL,

  WHO DIED JUNE 5TH 1935

  AGED 42 YEARS.

  PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.

  ALSO THE ABOVE

  ANNE E. M. BERESFORD,

  WHO DIED JAN 10TH 1941

  AGED 72 YEARS.

  UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS.

  ALSO VIOLET ELLEN

  DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE

  BELOVED WIFE OF

  STANLEY JONES,

  WHO DIED MAY 12TH 1952

  AGED 60 YEARS.

  AT REST.

  ALSO ANNIE BENNETT

  WHO DIED APRIL 6TH 1978 AGED 83 YEARS.^[3]

Census

1901: High St, Bucknall/Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent^[5]

  Annie E M Berrisford head 32 b. Milton, Staffs GENERAL SHOP KEEPER

  Violet E Berrisford daur 9 b. Bucknall, Staffs

  May Berrisford daur 7 b. Bucknall, Staffs

  Annie Berrisford daur 6 b. Bucknall, Staffs

  Emily Ball cousin 21 b. Northwood, Staffs POST GIRL

1911: Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent^[6]

  Annie Beresford H W 42 b. Milton, Staffordshire

  Violet daur S 19 b. Bucknall RULER PAPER MILL

  May daur S 17 b. Bucknall RULER PAPER MILL

  Annie daur S 16 b. Bucknall SCHOOL

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp Accessed 2 Feb 2018
2. ↑ http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/marriagesearch.php StaffordshireBMD Stoke-On-Trent 10/11/099
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 August 2018), memorial page for May Beresford (2 May 1893–5 Jun 1935), Find A Grave Memorial no. 192179984, citing St. Mary's Churchyard, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority, Staffordshire, England ; Maintained by Ian Taylor (contributor 49452416) .
4. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS77-SFS : 8 April 2016), Annie E M Berrisford, Stoke Rural, Staffordshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hanley subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW76-8FY : 2 August 2017), Annie Beresford, Stoke Rural, Bucknall Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, England; 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.