Generation 9

Robert William Beckwith (III) - b Sep qtr 1854 in Walworth. Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1877 at which time living in Brixton, London SW. 

Married Caroline Martha CABLE in Lambeth in Sep qtr 1880. She was born in Wandswoth in Sep qtr 1853 but she is shown in several censuses as b Lambeth. 

Robert is shown in 1881 census as age 26 as a 'solicitors general clerk' with with wife Caroline Martha living at 28 Tasman Road, Lambeth. As mentioned under 10-9.2 below, they have now been traced  to Wandsworth in  the 1891 census and just plain London in the 1901 (surnames respectively Beckworth  & Brewith or Becwith) but they are correctly recorded as Beckwith in 1911 when they are back in Lambeth. 

A death record in Wandsworth, London SW, for a Robert W Beckwith, aged 62, has been found in Dec qtr 1916 while Caroline died aged 76 in Mar qtr 1929 in Edmonton. 

For details of their offspring see 10-9.2

Joseph Beckwith - Born Sep qtr 1856 in Lambeth.  He became a musician and is shown with this occupation in 1881 (aged 24 living with his father and younger siblings in Newington). Obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1886 at which time he is noted as a 'Professor of Music' living at 22 Dingwall Road, Croydon, Surrey. A note on a family tree says "he was a protégé of Coleridge Taylor, the composer".

In Sep qtr 1886 in Croydon he married Mary Harriet CORDEN (b1865 in Croydon).

A plausible death record has been found for him in Wandsworth in Mar qtr 1928 but nothing yet for Mary..

For details of offspring, see 10-9.3

Henry Beckwith - b Mar qtr 1860 in Newington, died 1st Jan 1920. 

Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony on 1st March 1883 at which time living at 100 De Beauvoir Road in Reading, Berks. He is shown in 1881 as a 21yr old clockmaker, in 1883 as 'clock & watch maker' and in 1901 as a 'watchmaker' but one source says that he later became a jeweller. However, in 1918 he applied to the Goldsmiths Company for financial assistance because of the rise in the cost of living and eye trouble through having been a watchmaker. Address at that time was 3 Richmond Terrace, Selsey Road, Southsea. He was awarded £10.

Married Sarah Anne FRY, b 24th Dec 1863, died 20th March 1957. The 1901 census lists the family home then as 36 Edgehill St, Reading, and she is shown as 'Sara' aged 35, born in Reading and working 'on own a/c' as a 'grocery shopkeeper'. In 1911, Henry, Sarah, son Cyril and Henry's sister Anne (shown as 'Annie') are shown as living in Camberwell,  London SE5.

For details of offspring see 10-9.4

Anne Heloise Beckwith - b Sep qtr 1865 in Newington. 

Shown as just Ann Beckwith in 1881 age 18 (should be 15/16) without occupation living with her father and two brothers in Newington. In 1891 she is the only one living with her father (at 22 Albridge St, Newington) and is shown, aged 25, as "Housekeeper Dom". Following her father's death in 1899 she went to live with her brother Henry & family (above) in Reading and in 1901 is shown there (age 35) as working 'on own a/c' as a 'grocery shopkeeper'. In 1911 (as Annie) she is still with her brother's family ... but by now in Camberwell

No other details known except that she died c 1940 (source PAB).

Generation 10 

Offspring of Caroline Martha Cable & Robert William Beckwith (III) (9.2)

Harold Cable Beckwith - born Sep qtr 1881 in Lambeth. Wasn't found in 1891 or 1901 censuses (and nor his parents either) until Moira Durham of Auckland, New Zealand found that they had been mis-recorded or mis-transcribed  as Beckworth in 1891 (in Wandsworth - census man had had a bit too much of the Young's brew ?) and Brewith or Becwith in 1901.

Harold Beckwith obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony on 4th Feb 1914 at which time he was living at 382 Brixton Road,  London SW, as a "Collector to the Guardians, Islington". Several typed trees quote that Harold obtained the Freedom in 1894 but this is an obvious  transcription error as it is 1914 on the original list supplied by Goldsmiths and he would have been far too young to have qualified in 1894.

No more information known - no marriage or death found.

Married Ernest Whitehead WOODS in Lambeth in 1910 but had moved to Wandsworth by census time in April 1911 then finally to 57 Crescent  Lane, Clapham Common, London SW4.

They had several children, including:

More info coming - watch this space 

Shown at home with siblings in 1901 census but an extensive search has yet to trace him in 1911. He did not follow his brother in taking up the Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony (to which he was entitled) and he died in Dec qtr 1918 in Wandsworth aged 32. No marriage record has been found.

Robert William Beckwith, b Mar 1908 in Lambeth. There were other Beckwith families in the area so this Christian name pairing may just be a coincidence. 

Edith  - born Mar qtr 1879 in Lambeth (reg at St Saviours). Unmarried at age 32 in Lambeth in 1911 and John Albert - born Dec qtr 1879 in Lambeth. Ditto. These were the youngest children of Samuel Beckwith (bc1841) and Elizabeth. In 1881 census for Camberwell, Samuel has no birthplace shown..   

Offspring of Mary & Joseph Beckwith (P1886) (9.3)

Arthur Robert C Beckwith - born June qtr 1887 in Croydon. Thanks to the thoroughness of the US Immigration service we know that he was (in 1923) in good health, had no deformities, was 5'11" tall, had a fair complexion, brown hair, grey eyes and a scar on his left hand.

In June qtr 1907 in Wandsworth he married Lillian JOSLING, born 1884 in Margate, Kent (and was 5'6" tall).

Arthur Beckwith was "An accomplished musician, he was a violinist and (I think) at one time leader of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in America" (source - PAB) "Famous violinist (in his day)" - (Jeff Boorer). In the 1911 census he has the occupation as 'Professor of Music - like his father (KdH). 

He is shown passing through Immigration control at Ellis Island, New York twice during 1923, the first time in January on his own (from Liverpool) to visit Warwick Evans in New York, the second in July with wife and three children (on the ss Orduna from Southampton) going to 210 Carlton Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Programmes for the Cleveland Orchestra for the 1920's confirm him as (lead) violinist in 1923, 24 and 26.

In a recent review of Montague Phillips Orchestral Music Volume 1, the author John France states that Phantasy for Violin and Orchestra Op.16 "was first performed at a Queen’s Hall Promenade Concert on 16 October 1917. The soloist was Arthur Beckwith, with the composer conducting the New Queen’s Orchestra."

The three children were listed by US Immigration in 1923 as ... :

Irene Beckwith b 1908 -  5'6" tall, age 15

Mary Beckwith b 1909 -  5'4" tall, 13

Raymond Beckwith b1914 -  4'5" tall,  9. 

For more details of these children, see 11-10.11

In the 1911 census the family are shown as living in 'Kingston' but all the children were registered in Wandswoth. No Death info found as yet for Arthur or Lillian.

Madeline Heloise Beckwith - born Mar qtr 1889 in Croydon. 

No more details known. No marriage or death yet found.

Stanley Joseph Beckwith - born Dec qtr 1890 in Croydon.

He possibly married Caroline B WATKINS in Bridgend in Mar qtr 1916.

Stanley Beckwith was "An accomplished musician, he was a professional timpanist " (source PAB)

A death record has been found for a Leslie Beckwith in Wandsworth age 34 in Mar 1927. No marriage traced.

Kathleen May Beckwith - (listed in one source as Catherine) born Dec qtr 1898 in Croydon.  Listed in 1911 census aged 12 at home with parents & siblings in Kingston, Surrey.

In Lambeth in June 1932 she married Harry F BOORER (born Jun qtr 1901 in Dorking, Surrey). 

No more details known - no deaths yet found for either. They had one son, Jeffrey - see 11-10.14

Offspring of Sarah Anne Fry & Henry Beckwith (9.4)

Cyril Robert Beckwith - b 4th May 1893 in Reading, died 15th Jan 1978. 

In 1901 shown as the only child (aged 7, still in Reading) and again in Camberwell age 17 in 1911. Obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1922 at which time he was living in Winchester. In 1918 he was known to have been working in the Army pay Office.

Married Edith Ada COATES, b 12th Oct 1891, died 2nd Aug 1967.

For details of offspring, see 11-10.21

Generation 11

Offspring of Kathleen May Beckwith and Harry Francis Boorer (10.14)

Jeffrey Boorer - born Mar qtr 1937 in the Middle East district .....of Surrey (=Epsom / Cheam). Tree info gave his middle initial as F (poss Francis like his father) but birth record transcript quotes 'S' 

No other details known. LKA Eggbuckland, Plymouth 1987

Has one son - see 12-11.11

Offspring of Edith Ada Coates & Cyril Robert Beckwith  (10.21)

Anthony Henry Beckwith - b 31st Jan 1923. Obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1964 at which time he was living in Winchester.

Married Stella Agnes COLLINS, b 2nd Dec 1921.

Gilbert Robert Coates Beckwith - b 26th Oct 1928. (NB some records wrongly give middle Christian name as Roland). Obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1964 at which time he was also living in Winchester, and has remained there ever since, although now (Dec 2007) in a care home.

Married Eva Valerie CLARK ('Valerie'), b 29th May 1936 in Awbridge, nr Romsey.

Philip Arthur Beckwith - b 1st Oct 1934. Obtained Goldsmith's Freedom by Patrimony in 1964 at which time he was too was living in Winchester and has remained there ever since.

Married Susan Lorna HAYNES, b 9th May 1941

They have two daughters - see 12-11.23 for details. 

Generation 12

Offspring of ? & Jeffrey Boorer (11.11)

Son  - name & details unknown except that, in 1987, he was also a musician serving on the then Royal Yacht 'Britannia'.

Offspring of Susan Lorna Haynes & Philip Arthur Beckwith  (11.23)

Living Beckwith - b 15th Dec 1967 in Winchester

Living Beckwith - b 2nd June 1970 in Winchester