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Daughter of Joseph Hockridge 1839 and Mary Jane Bird
Blanche was born in 1881 (1) in Cardiff. She married John Edwin Beese in 1905 (2) in Cardiff.
John Edwin Beese was born in 1877 (3) in Pontypool.
By 1911 John and Blanche were living in Newport, Monmouthshire. John was working as an Accountants Clerk. The couple had 12 children.
Henry Edwin Beese Born 1907 (4) in Cardiff Aubrey Hockridge Beese Born 1908 (4) in Cardiff Cyril John Beese Born 1909 (4) in Newport Dorothy Mary Beese Born 1910 (4) in Newport Walter E Beese Born 1912 (4) in Newport Victor G Beese Born 1914 (4) in Newport Frederick A Beese Born 1916 (4) in Newport Reginald N Beese Born 1917 (4) in Newport Margaret M Beese Born 1919 (4) in Newport Basil W Beese Born 1921 (4) in Newport - died 1921 Claude H Beese Born 1924 (4) in Newport - died 1925 Nancy Beese Born 1926 (4) in Newport John died in 1940 (5) in Newport aged 62 years - I have not yet found Blanche's death record.
Census details below
1891 Census for Blanche - See Joseph Hockridge 1839 1901 Census RG13/4947 Blanche Hockridge Visitor s 19 Cardiff, Glamorgan (Blanche is visiting Andrew Scott - Railway Contractor and his wife Elizabeth) Address: 14 High Street, Pontypool, Monmouthshire 1911 Census RG14/31993 John Edwin Beese Head m 33 Accountants Clerk Pontypool, Monmouthshire Blanche Beese Wife m 29 Cardiff, Glamorgan Henry Edwin Beese Son 3 Whitchurch, Cardiff Aubrey Hockridge Beese Son 2 Whitchurch, Cardiff Cyril John Beese Son 1 Newport, Monmouthshire Dorothy Mary Beese Dau 5m Newport, Monmouthshire Mary Jane Hockridge MIL wid 67 Bideford, North Devon Address: 7 Cumberland Road, Newport, Monmouthshire
Sources (1) GRO Sep 1881 - 11a 237 - Cardiff (2) GRO Dec 1905 - 11a 569 - Cardiff (3) GRO Sep 1877 - 11a 472 - Newport M (4) Census & GRO for children (5) GRO Mar 1940 - 11a 472 - Newport M Page last updated 11 Jun 2010 Contact - Jacky Hockridge - juljacho@aol.com ******************************************************