He is possibly the same John Beard whose
birth was registered at Lewes District in the December quarter of 1889. He
appears on the 1891 census living at Wilderness Cottages, Wivelsfield, with his
parents Thomas Beard (aged 31, born in Chailey, working as an agricultural
labourer) and Martha Beard (aged 31, born in Lindfield) and his three brothers
and sisters: Mercy Beard (aged six), Martha (aged four) and Gersham (aged
three). All four children had been born
in Wivelsfield. Ellen Upton (aged 12,
also born in Wivelsfield) is noted as a (very young) nursemaid.
By the time the 1901 census was taken, the
family had moved to Leigh Coppice, Chailey.
John’s sisters Martha and Mercy do not appear on that census return, but
Gersham does, along with another sister, Grace (aged nine, born in
Wivelsfield).
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