Person:Hannah Beeston (1)

Hannah Beeson was baptised on 24th January 1835 at Cotham in Nottinghamshire, daughter of a labourer called Thomas Beeson and his wife Hannah. Young Hannah appears in the 1841 census living with her parents in Cotham.

On 14th May 1859, aged 24, Hannah married William Haywood at Cotham. After their marriage they lived for the first few years at Long Bennington in Lincolnshire, about three miles south-east of Cotham. They appear there in the 1861 census, when William was working as an agricultural labourer, and they had two sons were born there in 1861 and 1866.

By 1871 the family had moved to Shelton in Nottinghamshire, about two miles south-west of Cotham, where William worked as a gamekeeper. William was still working as a gamekeeper ten years later, when Hannah and he were living at Staunton, another village in the same area.

Hannah died at the age of 55. She was buried at Cotham on 3rd October 1890. William survived her by just over four years.

1. ↑ Nottinghamshire Family History Society. Nottinghamshire Baptisms Database.

   ch. 24 Jan 1835, Cotham, Nottinghamshire: Hannah / Thomas & Hannah / Beeson / Cotham

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 862; Book 18; Folio 2; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Cotham, Nottinghamshire
   Tho[ma]s Beeson, male, 30 [1806-11], Labourer, born in county
   Hannah Beeson, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Hannah Beeson, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   John Johnson, male, 20 [1816-21], M[ale] S[ervant], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 2481; Folio 65; Page 45, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Agr[icultural] Lab[ourer], b. Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 26 [1834/5], b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire
   William Muxlow, boarder, widower, male, 61 [1799/1800], Bricklayer, b. Bennington, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ 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 3547; Folio 4; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Shelton, Nottinghamshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 36 [1834/5], Game Keeper, b. Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 36 [1834/5], b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire
   Edward T. Haywood, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Long Binnington, Leicestershire
   Henry Haywood, son, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Long Binnington, Leicestershire
   Betsy A. Haywood, servant, female, 13 [1857/8], Housemaid, b. Newton, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ 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 3378; Folio 95; Page 4, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: The Folly, Staunton, Nottinghamshire
   William Haywood, head, married, male, 46 [1834/5], Gamekeeper, b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Hannah Haywood, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], Gamekeeper wife, b. Cotham, Nottinghamshire

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

   d. Hannah HAYWOOD, December Quarter 1890, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 265, aged 56 [1833/4]

7. ↑ England. National Burial Index.

   bur. 3 Oct 1890, Cotham, Nottinghamshire: Hannah Haywood, 56 [1833/4]