Person:William Beales (13)

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William Harold Beales
b.7 Jun 1886 Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
d.17 Sep 1967 Cambridgeshire, England
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m. 1884
  1. William Harold Beales1886 - 1967
  2. Percy Stephen Beales1887 - 1963
  3. Hugh Lancelot Beales1889 - 1988
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m. 1913
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Harold Beales1886 - 1967
  • W.  Edith Aves1902 - 1986
m. 1962
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Name William Harold Beales
Gender Male
Birth? 7 Jun 1886 Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Christening? 30 Jun 1886 Bingham, Nottinghamshire, EnglandWesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bingham Circuit
Marriage 1913 Yorkshire, Englandto Elizabeth Ethel Barnard
Marriage 1962 London, Englandto Edith Aves
Death? 17 Sep 1967 Cambridgeshire, England

1886 - Resident at 2 Wesley Villas, Bingham, Nottinghamshire. (Baptism)

1891 - With parents at Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Aged 4.

1901 - Pupil at Kingswood School, Somerset. Aged 14. Younger brothers Percy & Hugh also there. (This school is a Methodist Foundation school.)

1914 - Recorded in Devon & Cornwall Directory as Rev William BEALES, Claremont Villa, Bridgetown, Totnes, a Wesleyan chapel.

1918 - Rev. W Harold BEALES was minister at Oldfield Park Wesleyan Chapel, Bath, prior to 1918. (A2A catalogue entry for his wife's autograph book, held at Bath & North East Somerset Record Office).

1930 - The Times, Thursday, Jul 31, 1930; pg. 19; Issue 45579; col C: The Wesleyan Ministry. New Appointments in London Districts. Finsbury Park - W. Harold Beales, B.A. (Willoughby Road).

1933 - SS Baltic dep Liverpool 26th Sept 1931, arriving New York 6th Oct 1931. BEALES William Harold, 44, male, married, Minister, read & write English, Brit citizen, English nat., b. Bingham England, last permanent address London. Transit passenger.

1933 - Described as Rev. W Harold BEALES. M.A., of London in the obituary/funeral report for his father. Floral tribute from "Harold, Ethel and the children". (Diss Express)

1934 - Appointed to the Home Mission Department. (Methodist Archive Biographical Index)

1940 - Appointed warden of the Wesley Deaconess Order. (Methodist Archive Biographical Index)

1952 - Retired from the ministry and went to live in Cambridge. Methodist Archive Biographical Index)

1967 - BEALES, William Harold of 64, Gilbert Road Cambridge, died 17 September 1967. Probate Wakefield 3 April. Effects £23239.

The following appears on the Methodist Archives and Research Centre website at http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/bio/biob.html:

William Harold Beales (1886-1967) was born in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, the son of the Methodist minister William Beales. He trained for the ministry at Didsbury and joined the staff of the Severn Valley Mission in 1910. Beales served as a circuit minister until 1934 when he was appointed to the Home Mission Department. In 1940, he was appointed Warden of the Wesley Deaconess Order and continued in that post until retirement in 1952.

During his ministry in Cambridge from 1924 to 1930 he inspired a number of undergraduates, who became known as the "Cambridge Group". Their witness was the beginning of a movement of Methodist Societies which spread to other British Universities and Colleges. After superannuation, Beales retired to Cambridge.

Source: Minutes of Conference 1968.

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