Person:Beatrice Timothy (1)

Beatrice Eveline Timothy was born on 17th December 1865 at Markyate in the parish of Caddington, Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Timothy, formerly Hutchings, and her husband Peter Vincent Timothy, a surgeon and physician. The family did not stay long in Markyate after Beatrice's birth, and moved around several times through her childhood. In 1868 they left Markyate and moved to London, living for a time in the Shoreditch area (where they appear in the 1871 census) before moving out to Lewisham in the south-eastern suburbs in the early 1870s. By 1875 they were at Hastings in Sussex.

Beatrice's parents appear to have separated around the late 1870s or early 1880s. The 1881 census finds Beatrice living with her mother and siblings at Southport on the Lancashire coast, whilst her father was living with another woman (with whom he would have a son later that year) in Manchester.

By 1891 Beatrice was working as a hospital nurse at the Manchester Workhouse. Three years later she married one of the workhouse officials, Sidney Hall Colman. He was a widower, with four surviving children from his first marriage to whom Beatrice became stepmother. Beatrice and Sidney married on 4th July 1894 at St Stephen's Church in the Hulme area of Manchester.

Sidney and Beatrice went on to have another six children between 1895 and 1910. The 1901 census finds the family living at 16 Queen Street in Manchester. Sidney and Beatrice's eldest son died in 1903.

Beatrice's mother died in 1904 in the Bury area north of Manchester.

The 1911 census finds Beatrice, Sidney and their children living at Farm Lodge on the Manchester Workhouse site. Both Sidney and Beatrice were described as workhouse officers at this time.

Beatrice's father died in Great Yarmouth in 1919.

Sidney died in Manchester in 1928, aged 74.

After Sidney's death, Beatrice went to live with her daughter Mabel who had moved to Wilmslow in Cheshire. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Beatrice was living with Mabel and her family at 1 Broad Walk in Wilmslow.

Beatrice died in Cheshire in 1956, aged 90.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Beatrice Eveline TIMOTHY, March Quarter 1866, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 437, mother's maiden name Hutchings

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 439; Folio 26; Page 5, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 72 Worship Street, St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Peter V. Timothy, head, married, male, 39 [1831/2], Physician M.R.C.S., b. Cripplegate, Middlesex
   Elizabeth Timothy, wife, married, female, 32 [1837/8], b. Dorney, Buckinghamshire
   Eustace B. Timothy, son, male, 9 [1861/2], b. Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
   Edith L. Timothy, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], b. Hertfordshire
   Beatrice Timothy, daughter, female, 5 [1865/6], b. Hertfordshire
   Victor L. Timothy, son, male, 1 month [1871], b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Hannah Barker, nurse, widow, female, 51 [1819/20], Monthly Nurse, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire
   Eliza Coates, servant, unmarried, female, 26 [1844/5], Domestic Servant, b. Spitalfields, Middlesex
   Ann Murray, servant, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], Domestic Servant, b. Camden Town, Middlesex
   Alice B. Timothy, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], b. Hertfordshire

3. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3751; Folio 14; Page 22, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 20 Princes Street, North Meols (Township), Southport (Borough), Lancashire
   Elizabeth Timothy, wife, married, female, 42 [1838/9], Broker's Wife, b. Dorney, Buckinghamshire
   Edith L. Timothy, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], b. Markyate Street, Bedfordshire
   Beatrice E. Timothy, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Markyate Street, Bedfordshire
   Alice B. Timothy, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Markyate Street, Bedfordshire
   Victor L. Timothy, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Gustave T. Timothy, son, male, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Lewisham, Kent
   Mabel C. Timothy, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Lewisham, Kent
   Cordelia I.J. Timothy, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Hastings, Sussex
   Mary [illegible surname], servant, unmarried, female, 25 [1855/6], Cook Domestic Servant, b. Castletown, Ireland
   Elizabeth A. Holmes, servant, unmarried, female, 15 [1865/6], Housemaid Domestic Servant, b. Barrow, Lancashire

4. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 3266; Folio 83; Page 4, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Manchester Workhouse, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire
   [Many staff and patients, including:]
   Beatrice E. Timothy, single, female, 25 [1865/6], Hospital Nurse, employed, b. Marketstead, Kent [sic]

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3768; Folio 158; Page 29, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 16 Queen Street, Manchester, Lancashire
   Sidney H. Colman, head, married, male, 47 [1853/4], Workhouse Official, worker, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Beatrice E. Colman, wife, married, female, 32 [1868/9], b. London, Middlesex
   George A. Colman, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Victor S. Colman, son, single, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Mabel I. Colman, daughter, female, 2 [1898/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Sarah Winifred Horniman, servant, widow, female, 29 [1871/2], Domestic Servant, b. Bangor, North Wales
   Nina G. Colman, daughter, female, 2 months, b. Manchester, Lancashire

6. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 24201; Schedule 272, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Farm Lodge, Manchester Workhouse, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire
   4 rooms occupied
   Sidney Hall Colman, head, male, 57 [1853/4], married, Workhouse Officer - Manchester Board of Guardians, worker, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Beatrice Eveline Colman, wife, female, 44 [1866/7], married 17 years, 6 children born to marriage, 5 children still living, Workhouse Officer - Manchester Board of Guardians, worker, working at home, b. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
   Mabel Irene Colman, daughter, female, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Nina Grace Colman, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Frank Vincent Colman, son, male, 8 [1902/3], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Olive Constance Colman, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Vivian Hall Colman, son, male, 1 [1909/10], b. Manchester, Lancashire

7. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Wilmslow Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 1 Broad Walk, Wilmslow, Cheshire
   Martin, Reginald V. / male / 21 Nov 1898 / married / Assistant Sale Manager Textile Co
   Martin, Mabel I. / female / 20 Feb 1899 / married / Unpaid domestic duties
   [one record closed]
   Colman, Beatrice E. / female / 17 Dec 1866 / widow / Retired
   Hunter [later changed to Heath, then Crawford], Irene / female / 15 May 1923 / single / Domestic Servant

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Beatrice Eveline COLMAN, March Quarter 1956, Bucklow Registration District, Volume 10a, page 117, aged 91 [1864/5]