Beatrice Amelia Close, 18571942 (aged 84 years)

Name
Beatrice Amelia /Close/
Birth
Marriage of a parent
Note: NOTE: We have a witness at the wedding, George Close, but have no idea who he is.
Census 1861
Note: Living with maternal grandparents at Baltonsborough, Somerset.
Census 1871
Note: Servant to the Chamberlain household at Baltonsborough, Somerset.

Servant to the Chamberlain household at Baltonsborough, Somerset.

NOTE: Not entirely sure about this.

Immigration
about 1874 (aged 16 years)
Immigration
Note: Arrived at New York, America aboard the England from Liverpool, Endland. Servant.
Note
Note: NOTE: Not entirely sure about the following Immigration record. Recorded as Beatrice Blenman, travelling with a male companion W Blenman. She apparently married William Blenman of the same age at Ashtabula, Ohio a couple of years later.

NOTE: Not entirely sure about the following Immigration record. Recorded as Beatrice Blenman, travelling with a male companion W Blenman. She apparently married William Blenman of the same age at Ashtabula, Ohio a couple of years later.

Blenman was a common surname in Somerset at the time, so, this record could be a complete coincidence ... if you believe in those.

Marriage
Note: Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993

Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993

Name: Beatrice A Close
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1877
Marriage Place: Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Spouse: William R Blenman

Census 1880 US Fed
Note: Living with husband William at Bloomfield, Ohio. Keeping House.
Birth of a daughter
Note: Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Name: Mary A. Blenman
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1881
Birth Place: Trumbull, Ohio
Christening Place: Trumbull, Ohio
Father: William Blenman
Mother: B.A. Close

Birth of a daughter
Note: Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Name: Ida J. Blenman
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 Jan 1884
Birth Place: Bloomfield, Trumbull, Ohio
Father: Wm. Blenman
Mother: Beatrice Close

Birth of a son
Note: Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Name: William Thomas Blenenman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1886
Birth Place: No. Bloomfield, Trumbull, Ohio
Christening Place: Trumbull, Ohio
Father: W.R. Bleneman
Mother: Amelia Close

Death of a daughter
Burial of a daughter
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77046237/ida-j-blenman
Naturalisation
about 1888 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
Census 1890 US Fed
Note: Can't find a record for this year.
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Note: Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Name: George Blenman
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1893
Birth Place: Hartsgrove
Christening Place: Ashtabula, Ohio
Father: William Blenman
Mother: Amelia Close

Death of a husband
Burial of a husband
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77046236/william-r-blenman
Marriage
Birth of a son
Note: Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Ohio, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973

Name: Wilber Watson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1898
Birth Place: Harts Grove
Christening Place: Ashtabula, Ohio
Father: Mitchel Watson
Mother: Beatrice Close

Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Recorded as having had 8 children, of whom only 5 are still living.

Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Recorded as having had 7 children, of whom only 5 are still living.

Census 1920 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Robert at Hartsgrove, Ohio.
Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44210181/elizabeth-edwards
Census 1930 US Fed
Note: Living with husband Robert at Orwell, Ohio.
Death of a husband
Note: Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018

Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018

Name: Mitchel R Watson
Death Date: 25 Apr 1930
Death Place: Ashtabula, USA

Census 1940 US Fed
Note: Living at Orwell, Ohio.
Note
Note: NOTE: Not sure about the parentage here. Betsey is a likely candidate for her mother, but that's no guarantee.
Death
Family with parents
mother
1841 Census
18391920
Birth: about 1839Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 14 February 1920Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
herself
1861 Census
18571942
Birth: 11 June 1857Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 14 February 1942Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Mother’s family with Robert Edwards
stepfather
1861 Census
18311901
Birth: about 1831North Wootton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
Death: 19 July 1901Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
mother
1841 Census
18391920
Birth: about 1839Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 14 February 1920Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Marriage Marriage16 February 1860Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
11 months
half-sister
1861 Census
1860
Birth: about 1860Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
7 years
half-sister
1871 Census
1866
Birth: about 1866West Pennard, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
3 years
half-sister
1871 Census
1868
Birth: about 1868West Pennard, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
8 years
half-sister
1881 Census
1875
Birth: about 1875Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
4 years
half-brother
1881 Census
1878
Birth: about 1878Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
7 years
half-sister
1891 Census
1884
Birth: about 1884West Pennard, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Family with William Blenman
husband
Passenger List
18541894
Birth: about 1854Somerset, England
Death: 6 April 1894Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, America
herself
1861 Census
18571942
Birth: 11 June 1857Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 14 February 1942Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Marriage Marriage7 April 1877Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
5 years
daughter
1881
Birth: 10 December 1881Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, America
2 years
daughter
18841887
Birth: 6 January 1884Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, America
Death: 24 April 1887Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, America
2 years
son
1886
Birth: 6 March 1886Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, America
3 years
daughter
1900 US Federal Census
1889
Birth: about June 1889Ohio, America
22 months
daughter
1900 US Federal Census
1891
Birth: about March 1891Ohio, America
3 years
daughter
1900 US Federal Census
1893
Birth: 22 August 1893Hartsgrove, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Family with Robert Mitchell Watson
husband
1900 US Federal Census
18591930
Birth: 3 September 1859Perry, Venango County, Pennsylvania, America
Death: 25 April 1930Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
herself
1861 Census
18571942
Birth: 11 June 1857Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death: 14 February 1942Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1896Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
2 years
son
1900 US Federal Census
1898
Birth: 25 February 1898Hartsgrove, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America
Birth
Census 1861
Census 1871
Immigration
Immigration
Census 1880 US Fed
Naturalisation
Marriage
Census 1900 US Fed
Census 1910 US Fed
Census 1920 US Fed
Census 1930 US Fed
Census 1940 US Fed
Name
Census 1861

Living with maternal grandparents at Baltonsborough, Somerset.

Census 1871

Servant to the Chamberlain household at Baltonsborough, Somerset.

NOTE: Not entirely sure about this.

Immigration

Arrived at New York, America aboard the England from Liverpool, Endland. Servant.

Note

NOTE: Not entirely sure about the following Immigration record. Recorded as Beatrice Blenman, travelling with a male companion W Blenman. She apparently married William Blenman of the same age at Ashtabula, Ohio a couple of years later.

Blenman was a common surname in Somerset at the time, so, this record could be a complete coincidence ... if you believe in those.

Marriage

Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993

Name: Beatrice A Close
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1877
Marriage Place: Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Spouse: William R Blenman

Census 1880 US Fed

Living with husband William at Bloomfield, Ohio. Keeping House.

Census 1890 US Fed

Can't find a record for this year.

Census 1900 US Fed

Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Recorded as having had 8 children, of whom only 5 are still living.

Census 1910 US Fed

Living with husband Robert and family at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Recorded as having had 7 children, of whom only 5 are still living.

Census 1920 US Fed

Living with husband Robert at Hartsgrove, Ohio.

Census 1930 US Fed

Living with husband Robert at Orwell, Ohio.

Census 1940 US Fed

Living at Orwell, Ohio.

Note

NOTE: Not sure about the parentage here. Betsey is a likely candidate for her mother, but that's no guarantee.

Birth
Census 1861
Census 1871
Immigration
Census 1880 US Fed
Census 1900 US Fed
Census 1910 US Fed
Census 1920 US Fed
Census 1930 US Fed
Census 1940 US Fed
Death
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1861 Census
1861 Census
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Beatrice Amelia Close
Registration Date: 1857
Quarter of the Year: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place: Wells, Somerset, England
Volume: 5c
Page: 570

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1871 Census
1871 Census
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Passenger List
Passenger List
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1880 US Federal Census
1880 US Federal Census
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1900 US Federal Census
1900 US Federal Census
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1910 US Federal Census
1910 US Federal Census
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1920 US Federal Census
1920 US Federal Census
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1930 US Federal Census
1930 US Federal Census
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1940 US Federal Census
1940 US Federal Census
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US Death Index
US Death Index
Note: Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018

Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018

Name: Beatrice A Watson
Death Date: 14 Feb 1942
Death Place: Ashtabula, USA