Charles & Bridget Ann Beake    Family Chart

Charles Beake was b: 1825 in Weston Zoyland, Somerset to parents  William (1797-1859) and mother Elizabeth (1797-1860); bapt: 20 Mar 1825 at St Mary Church, Weston Zoyland - his father gave his occ: as labourer; He d 1895 in Preston, Lancashire, England.

Charles mar: aged 35yrs on 4 Aug 1860 to BRIDGET ANN LOFTAS in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England. She was b: 1841 in Ireland, and d: 1906 in Preston, Lancashire, England.

Their family:

i Mary Ann Beake b: 1862 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England mar at Preston in 1881 to ?

ii George Beake b: 1863 in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England

iii Anthony Charles Beake (b: 29 Dec 1871 in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England d: 1945 in Preston, Lancashire, England) He mar 1902 at age: 31  to Ellen Ford (b: 1877 in Preston, Lancashire, England d: 1926 in Preston, Lancashire, England) Their children:

a Ellen Beake b: 1904 in Preston, Lancashire, England d: 1904 in Preston, Lancashire, England

b Anthony Beake b: 1906 in Preston, Lancashire, England d: 1907 in Preston, Lancashire, England

iv Margaret Alice Beake b: 1874 in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England

Time Line: 

1841 Census — Residence Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England Age: 16 Occ: Ag Lab

1860 — Marriage to Bridget Ann Loftas Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England Occ: Agricultural Labourer

1871 Census: BEAKE   Charles   Head   47yrs   Pensioner Soldier & Labourer  b Somerset - Westonzoyland; BEAK   Bridget A   Wife   30yrs   Labourers Wife b Ireland; BEAKE   Mary   Dau    9yrs   Scholar   b  Somerset - Westonzoyland; BEAKE   George   Son   - 7yrs   Scholar    b Somerset - Westonzoyland;  BEAKE   Margaret A   Dau   -  3yrs b  Somerset -Westonzoyland

Charles and Bridget with their children moved to Preston to find work in the cotton mills of Preston

1881 Census— Preston, Lancashire, England; Charles Beake 56 General Labourer; Bridget Beake 40; Mary Beake 18 Throstle?? spinner; Margaret Beake 13 Cotton weaver; Anthony Chas. Beake 10 Scholar 

1895 — Death Age: 70Yrs at Preston, Lancashire, England