Andy Staveley

Emmanuel Butcher of Tingewick, England United Kingdom was born on October 29, 1865 in Tingewick, and died at age 66 years old on November 11, 1931.

John Beck, a chapel keeper, and Hannah Beck née Fox, who married at the Norfolk Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sheffield, on 5th September 1861. At the time of his marriage John Beck stated that he was a twenty-six year old bachelor, the son of the later Augustine Beck, a farmer. Augustine Beck died at Hainford, Norfolk, on 6th March 1854 aged fifty-six years, and was therefore born around 1797-98. We calculated that John Beck had been born around 1834-35. This was before the introduction of civil registration in England and Wales. The main sources for ancestry research before the beginning of civil registration are the local parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. There is no complete index to English parish registers and it is essential to discover which parish or parishes to search for evidence of the earlier ancestry. Norfolk Street Chapel where John and Hannah got married was built in 1780, one of the largest in the Kingdom and opened by the founder of Methodism himself, who to the end of his long laborious life loved it and its people. The Methodism in Sheffield Park records on page 124 that John became a teacher for the chapel Sunday school in 1859. In January 1912 Mr John Beck retired from the position of caretaker after 43 years service in that capacity (Page 256). An extract from the book: “At the end of 1913 there passed from the scene of his labours, in more senses than one, John Beck, a veteran who had become almost one with the church. Spared to the age of nearly four-score years, fifty-three of which were spent in connection with the Park Church and forty-three of those in the position of caretaker. In addition to his care of the fabric he endeavoured to do other Christian work, serving in connection with the Cottage, Prayer Leaders’, and Tract Societies, and as a visitor. His wife, Hannah, was a diligent worker in the church from her youth, as we have noted in various connections, pre-deceased him in 1907. The last longing of this veteran was that he might live to see the Centenary Celebrations of the School, he being one of the few who were present at the Jubilee. It was not to be, however, for God took him”. By all accounts and from information passed down by Wilfred Beck, John was quite a jovial character and was forever playing tricks on the family much to the disapproval of his son John Samuel who was very straight laced by comparison. Beck Family:

Eunice Marshall was born on the 27th March in 1907 the daughter of James Albert Marshall (1867-1909) and Ada Marshall nee Jackson (1870-1907). She was born at 20 Fox Hill Road, Wadsley Bridge, Ecclesfield Road in what was a suburb of Sheffield. Her father was a sheep sheer bender by trade at the time of her birth. Eunice was the penultimate child of 8 siblings. Clarice who was born after her died in infancy. Of her remaining siblings we have; Florence born 1888, Edith born 1890, Ruth Annie 1892, Albert 1895, Miriam 1900, John Albert 1902 and Willis born 1904. By 1911 the family had moved to 81 Page Hall Road in West Brightside, Sheffield. At this time we have Eunice aged 4 living with her grandfather and grandmother at the time of the census. Albert, Miriam, John and Willis are also here along with other Marshall children from another family. In total 8 children being looked after by John and Ruth Jackson aged 63 and 62. Quite a challenge for them at that age. Eunice grows up in a busy family and is very close to her sister Miriam. By the time of the 1939 census Eunice is a Shop Assistant ( Woolwork ) and living at 27 Beechwood Drive in Halifax. She will remain in Halifax until her death on September 4th 1994. She died at the age of 87 from a Cerebrovascular accident ( stroke ) at the Bankfield Rest Home, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax. A rose bush was planted in her name at the Park Wood Cemetery in Halifax. Family Website:

John Samuel Beck was born on November 6, 1871, and died at age 75 years old on October 13, 1947 at High Storrs Cres, in United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Samuel Beck.

Edith Marshall was born on April 25, 1890 at Wood Lane, Stannington, Bradford, York, and had a sister Eunice Marshall. Edith Marshall was married to Wilfred Beck on February 9, 1922, and died at age 71 years old on April 24, 1962 at Delancey Hospital in Gloucestershire County, England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edith Marshall.

Wilfred Beck was born on October 29, 1894 in Sheffield, England United Kingdom to John Samuel Beck. He married Edith Marshall on February 9, 1922. He was the parent of Ruth Staveley. Wilfred Beck died at age 73 years old on February 12, 1968 in Cheltenham. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilfred Beck.

Baron Rowlin was born on June 29, 1857 in Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire County United Kingdom, and died at age 69 years old in December 1926 in Leeds, West Yorkshire County, England. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Baron Rowlin.