Frances (Goulding) Beeson (1831 - 1914)

Born 1831 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire

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Died 1914 at about age 83 in Grantham, Lincolnshire

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Biography

Frances 1831-1914, employed in father’s house 1851. And a housekeeper for Bennett Beeson a widower farmer of 366 acres in his household at Colsterworth in 1881 aged 50 born at Holbeach. Frances married Bennett Beeson at the parish church Bromley, Kent, on the 14th June 1891, “Mr Beeson, Colsterworth, to Frances Goulding, daughter of the late Mr Robert Goulding, Holbeach Marsh.” [Granthan Journal, 18 June 1881] In 1891 Bennett Beeson was a retired farmer age 71 living at 36 Avenue Road, Grantham with Frances 61 and three servants. His first wife Elizabeth nee Dickinson had died at Colsterworth in 1877. [Grantham Journal, 6 Jan 1877] They had a son Bennett Beeson 1859 -1916. Bennett died at Grantham on 22 May 1891 aged 70. [Stamford Mercury, 29 May 1891] , and his son Bennett of Little Ponton farmer proved the will worth £6,283. Frances died at Grantham on 2 June 1904 aged 78 and left probate to Henry Tindale Summers, chemist. [Probate index]

Sources

• Grantham Journal, 6 Jan 1877. Granthan Journal, 18 June 1881. 1881 and 1891 census. Stamford Mercury, 29 May 1891. Bennett Beeson's will 1891.