Beckford

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Beckford family page


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Margaret Angel Mary Beckford, photographed in 1941 at the age of 19 for her Occupation identity card application. She was clearly doing her best, as did most islanders who were forced to comply with the Germans' requirements, to look as bored and disinterested as she could. Jersey people very rarely smiled for their identity card photographs. Margaret married Harry Albert Le Neveu the following year


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Origins of surname

The name is derived from 'Becca's Ford', from a personal name of unknown origin.

Early records

This family came to Jersey from Wargrave in Berkshire. Jabez Mason Beckford and his wife Caroline had seven children baptised in St Martin from 1867 to 1881. There were two earlier baptisms in the 1830s in St Helier but that family did not become established.

Variations

  • Beckford

Family records

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Great War service


Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

Sons of Charles James Beckford and Marie Louise, nee Rebours

  • Alfred John Beckford (1897-1956) (St S) , Private, Dorset Regiment, wounded
  • Charles William Beckford (1896-1973) (St S), Sapper RE


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World War 2 casualties



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Family wills


These wills created by members of the Beckford family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

Beckford

  • Beckford : Daisy Violet , wife of Marcel Louis Auguste Le Verdier, of Le Menage es Cerfs, Leoville, St Ouen - 12/Feb/1970 , 05/Aug/1975 , D/Y/B1/226/20
  • Beckford : John William , of 9, Clare Cottages, Clare Street, St Helier - 26/Apr/1971 , 26/Apr/1971 , D/Y/B1/158/16
  • Beckford : Lily May , wife of Reginald Clement Ahier, of 14, Journeaux Street, St Helier - 13/Apr/1970 , 13/Apr/1970 , D/Y/B1/144/7
  • Beckford : William Edwin , of Wishome, Grands Vaux, St Helier Bequeaths to Sarah Ann Abbott, his wife and after her death, to Peter Noel, the property known as Wishome - 08/Jun/1954 , 21/Mar/1955 , D/Y/B1/29/9

Beckford-Ball

  • Beckford-Ball : John Arthur , of Les Cinq Terres, Chemin du Moulin, St Ouen - 16/Dec/1967 , 18/Nov/1974 , D/Y/B1/214/12


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We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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