Robert BEAN (1779-1859) and Lucy COOK of Suffolk
introduction
Robert BEAN / BENE / BANE (1779-1859) (my great, great, great grandfather, b. 1779 in Wortham, son of Hannah BEAN, d. 1859 in Bardwell) and Lucy COOK (b. 1783 in Thrandeston, daughter of William and Lydia COOK, d. 1854 in Bardwell) both from Suffolk , England. Robert and Lucy had four children - John Bean, Robert Bean (8th April 1809 / 1814 -1900 , my great, great grandfather) , Edward 1825 and Sarah Bean 1825.
Robert BEAN (1809-1900) of Palgrave, Diss, SFK, wife Martha HUFF (c1813-1886) and children, Henry BEAN (my great grandfather b. 1835 Bardwell, SFK), Robert BEAN (c1838-1914) who later married Mercy PINNER also on this ship, James, Walter, John, George, Sabina, Charles & Louis/Lewis emigrated to Tasmania - arriving in Feb. 1858 on the Trade Wind.
a number of families including BEAN, DENNIS, and AYTON were recruited from central and NW Norfolk and adjacent Suffolk (mainly Eriswell) by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society and emigrated to the Launceston region of Tasmania in 1855-1862.
They were part of an immigration scheme to bring honorable settlers to Tasmania as part of an anti-transportation movement.
The Immigrant ship Trade Wind sailed from Gravesend, London on 6th Nov 1857. On Board were 294 immigrants most of whom were Bounty passengers sponsored by the Launceston Immigration Aid society. Because of deaths during the voyage caused by Typhus, the Trade Wind on arrival in Hobart on 22 Feb 1858 was placed in quarantine. Two more children died and it was some months before all passengers were fit enough to continue their journey.
A description of the Bean family taken in Hobart was:
Robert 44 Low, Stout figure, broad face, light brown hair, grey eyes. Farm Labourer
Martha 44 Thin, slight figure. Thin face brown hair. Laundress
Henry 23 Very stout figure. Tall and strong, light brown hair. Groom, footman, farm labourer
Ann 21 Well looking. Very light hair. Stout figure. Needlewoman
Robert 19 High forehead, Light brown hair, Blue eyes. Labourer
James 17 Slight lad, looks younger, light brown hair. Shepherd
Walter 15 Very small figure, full face, light brown hair. Shepherd
John 13 Very small and young, good features, light brown hair. Shepherd
George 11
Sabina 9
Charles 7 (Note: ages shown do not match well with other data)
Lewis 4
children of Robert BEAN (1779-) and Lucy Cook of Suffolk, UK
Edward BEAN (1808-)
Robert BEAN (1809-1900) - emigrated Tasmania 1858 (see below)
?Hannah BEAN (1811-) of Palgrave
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James BEAN (1812-1840) of Palgrave, Suffolk, died Thingoe, Suffolk
Elizabeth BEAN (1814)
Lydia BEAN (1815)
John BEAN (1817-)
Lucy BEAN (1819-1843) d. in Great Livermere, Suffolk
Ann BEAN (1820)
Mary-Ann BEAN (1823)
Edward BEAN (1825-1913) died in Stoke Ash, Suffolk
Sarah BEAN (1828/1831?) of Bardwell.
Henry Charles BEAN (1856-1902) born in Bardwell
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the illegitimate son of Sarah BEAN and a male descendant of the Earl of Grantham
married Elizabeth Ann GARD on Jun 1881
Kate BEAN, b. 1882, Banstead, Surrey, d. Abt. 1956, Banstead, Surrey.
Emma BEAN, b. 1884, Banstead, Surrey, d. Abt. 1969, Shabden Park Hospital. Surrey.
Arthur Gard BEAN, b. 1886, Banstead, Surrey, d. Abt. 1930, Switzerland.
Annie BEAN, b. 13 Mar 1888, Banstead, Surrey, d. Nov 1950, Croydon, Surrey.
m. Joseph PECK
Charles Edward PECK, b. 05 Oct 1866, Bury St Edmunds, d. Abt. 1940.
James PECK, b. Abt. 1867, Bury St Edmunds.
Issac PECK, b. 1871, Bury St Edmunds.
other BEAN families near Bury Road, Suffolk, England
more distant Suffolk BEAN families
Willoughy John BEAN (1869-1938) and wife Clara Louisa DUTTON, buried in Ipswich
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Henry John BEAN and Eleanor BEAN (1861-1900) buried in Lowestoft
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the Robert Bean (1809-1900) and Martha HUFF family who emigrated to Tasmania in 1858
above photo courtesy of Amanda Whitby which is thought to be Robert BEAN and wife Martha HUFF, which if it is them, would probably be dated c1880 given Martha died in 1886 aged 73 yrs. Certainly very similar features to Henry BEAN.
If anyone can verify this or provide scans of other old photos, please email me.
Robert BEAN (1809-1900)
my great great grandfather
Robert's family belonged to the Church of England.
m. Martha
HUFF / HOUGH (1811/1813-1886) born in Stanton, Suffolk Co, ENGLAND, married on Christmas Day 1833
seems Robert and Martha were in Thingoe, Ixworth for the 1841 Census
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Henry BEAN (1834-1903) (my great grandfather)
Ann BEAN (1837-)c. 5th Aug 1837, Bardwell, SFK
Robert BEAN (1838-1914)
James BEAN (1840-1882)
Walter BEAN (c1842-1899)
John BEAN (c1844-1906)
George BEAN (c1846-1928)
Sabina BEAN (1849-1931)
Charles BEAN (c1850-1932)
Lewis BEAN (c1853-1941)
descendants of Robert BEAN and Martha HUFF in Australia
Henry BEAN (1834-1903)
Henry BEAN (1835-1903) | Maria DENNIS (1842-1917) wearing widow's weeds headgear |
The Bean homestead, Longford, Tasmania, 1931
Henry emigrated to Australia with his parents and siblings on the “Trade Wind” in 1858 aged 23yrs. He was a groom, footman and farm laborer. On that ship was a Hannah BEAN (c1816-1876) who had married a William CLAXTON and their children christened in Covehothe, SFK. Perhaps Hannah is a younger sister of Henry? See Norfolk and Suffolk emigrants to Tasmania.
On 20th Sept, 1861, he married Maria DENNIS (1842-1917) at Lymington, Morven in Tasmania. They had 9 children and resided in Longford, Tasmania.
Maria William DENNIS (1830-) (1842-1917) was born at Eriswell, Suffolk, England on 22nd January, 1842 to James DENNIS (1813-1888) and Frances SPINKS (1812-1868) who had married on 18th Nov. 1832 in Eriswell, Suffolk. James DENNIS was born at Eriswell, Suffolk and was buried at Longford, Tasmania. Frances SPINKS was born at Hillborough, Norfolk, England and is buried at Longford, Tasmania. Maria emigrated with her parents and 4 brothers on the “Trade Wind” to Hobart on 22 Feb 1858. After Frances' death in 1868, James married Elizabeth Saville Holloway on 01 Sept 1869 at Longford Tasmania.
They settled at Longford and as the children grew up, several of them worked for John Whitehead on his estate, “Winburn”. A daughter Sabrina cared for John’s mother from the age of 15. Their son, John Bean worked there also, but the most reported in Whitehead’s Letters (a published book) was John’s brother, Walter Bean “…not only a good coachman but the handiest man I ever saw”. Whitehead left him, (and possibly the others in smaller portions,) a 1000-pound bequest in his will, “to help him purchase his own farm”. Whitehead had at one stage intended to leave “Winburn” to Bean, but about a year before his death his will was altered.
Ann BEAN (1837-)
Ann BEAN (1837-)c. 5th Aug 1837, Bardwell, SFK
m. James McKINNELL (c1833-1926) in 1860 in Morven
female McKINNELL (1861-)
Martha McKINNELL (1863-)
m. James AXTON (1860-1942) in 1883
James AXTON (1888-1973)
Albert AXTON (1890-1915) WWI
Lloyd AXTON (1892-1892)
Leonard AXTON (1895-)
Leslie Charles AXTON (1897-)
served in WWI in France
m. Vera
Walter McKINNELL (1864-)
F McKINNELL (1867-)
Charles McKINNELL (1872-1902) d. Nile, Tas.
Martha Margaret McKINNELL (1902-)
Robert BEAN (1838-1914)
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owned The Mill at Llewellyn and later in Fingal
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Martha Louise BEAN (1863-1941) (Campbell Town, Tas)
Annie BEAN (1865-)
m. Henry Ernest MALKIN in 1895
Cecily Milicent MALKIN (1897-)
Erica Gladys MALKIN (1897-1897)
Rosalina MALKIN (1895-)
George BEAN (1866-1934)
Robert Henry BEAN (1869-1950) (Fingal, Tas)
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m. Mary Ann PETERS (1871-1953)
Ethel May “Bubs” BEAN (1894-)
Walter Harold “Skinner” BEAN (1896-1969)
Eric “Nugget” BEAN (1897-1931)
Charles Campbell “Dicky” BEAN (1899-1985)
Rosaline “Rozzie” Myrtle BEAN
Trevor Lionel “Scorcher” BEAN (1904-85)
Thomas Ivan “Johnson” BEAN (1903-1992)
Mervyn James “Moony“ BEAN (1906-90)
Arnold Keith “Jaby” BEAN (c1914-1979)
Ernest BEAN (1871-1938)
Leonard BEAN (1873-1919)
David BEAN (1875-1947) of Milford, Llewellyn
m. Grace Rose Meta WARD (1878-1972) of Hobart, died Melbourne
Maurice David BEAN (1914-2004) of Launceston
Athol Alexander BEAN (1919-1971)
Leon Noel BEAN (1917-1982)
Ethel / Ethol BEAN (1877-)
Frederick Vincent BEAN (1879-1966)
Walter Harold BEAN (1881-1887)
Louise Leslie Billy BEAN (1883-1960)
Norman Vernon BEAN (1885-1960)
Allan James BEAN (1887-)
born in Campbell Town, Tasmania
m. Elizabeth Emily BARBER (c1891-1924)?
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Sybil Mercer BEAN (1918-)
Robert Bellenger sent the above photo and he believes this is Robert Henry BEAN (1869-1950) taken in 1949.
James BEAN (1840-1882)
James BEAN (1840-1882)
see
here, born Bardwell, Suffolk Co, ENGLAND
died New Norfolk, Tasmania
m. Mary Flora Catherine POCOCK (c1847-)in 1867 in Cleggin, Tasmania
William BEAN (1868-)
Frances Evelyn BEAN (1870-)
James George Henry BEAN (1873-1914)
a farmer, found dead on the Highbank Road, Highbank, Methven about three miles from his home. It is supposed that the deceased fell out of his dray last night, and that the wheels passed over, inflicting fatal injuries
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Florence Emmaline BEAN (1874-1926) d. County Hospital, Ashburton, NZ
John BEAN (1875-1953)
Mary Flora Catherine BEAN (1878-1940) of Lymington Tasmania, died in Rakaia, NZ
Gladys Pearl PLUCK (1895-1922) b. Australia but birth registered with father not stated in NZ after Mary arrived there in c1896.
m. Harry Reuben BREWER
Ngaio BREWER (1919-2007)
2 other living children
m. Leonard Thomas PLUCK (1875-1938) in 1898 at Barhill, NZ, died Ashburton, NZ.
Florence May PLUCK (1899-1954)
Elsie Maude PLUCK (1901-2000)
Lilly Victoria Madelene PLUCK (1903-1990)
Adelaide (Ada) Rebecca PLUCK (1904-1955)
Percival William Leonard PLUCK (1906-1971)
Arthur Richard George PLUCK (1908-1991)
Sidney Albert PLUCK (1910-1944)
Christina Nona PLUCK (1912-1913)
Noeline Decima PLUCK (1912-1913)
Raymond Bean PLUCK (1915-2002)
Eunice Mary PLUCK (1918-1991)
Rosina Grace PLUCK (1920-2016)
Walter BEAN (c1842-1899)
Walter BEAN (c1842-1899) buried in St Peter's Anglican Church in Nile, Tas. with his son, Walter.
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d. of James GUTTERIDGE, policeman of Evandale & Inn Keeper of Nile & Deddington, Tas.)
soon after husband died, she moved to Melbourne with her sons
Vere Jack BEAN (1891-1975)
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auspicious service and also awarded distinguished conduct.
m. Helen Edith LEACH / LEECH in 1921
Beryl Marjorie Vere BEAN (1923-)
Llewellyn Melville Scott BEAN (1927-)
Frederick Jack BEAN (1924-1945)
Walter BEAN (1895-1899) drowned in Nile River aged 4yrs
Ralph Reginald Harry BEAN (1897-1967)
John BEAN (c1844-1906)
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d. 31 May 1906, Launceston. TAS
m. Mary Ann SAVILLE (c1850-1913) in 1876 in Longford
Elsie BEAN (1877-)
Hubert John BEAN (1878-1950)
Ada Clara BEAN (1881-)
Ernest Bertram BEAN (1883-)
Norman Saville BEAN (1885-1953)
“Jack” Melville Alfred BEAN (1888-1960)
George BEAN (c1846-1928)
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d. 18 Apr 1928
m. Maria KNOWLES (1852-1917) in 1871 in Morven
Leonard BEAN (1872-1919)
Aubrey Lewis BEAN (1873-1966)
Algie George BEAN (1876-1951) - head gardener at Mona Vale (the largest homestead in Tasmania with 52 rooms), Ross
m. Margaret Agnes TALBOT in 1904
Keith Stanley BEAN (1905-)
m. Ella Mary ISLES
Ean BEAN
Ronald Percy BEAN (1918-)
Leslie Charles BEAN (1885-1949)
served in
WWI, shot & hospitalised in Gibraltar in 1915, gassed in France in 1918, returned to Australia in 1919 as medically unfit.
Received British War Service Medal and the Victory Medal.
m. ILA MAY JACOBS 30 Jan 1923
Francis Leslie BEAN (1924-)
Arnold Walter BEAN (1889-1927)
Bertha Jolan BEAN (1892-)
Sabina BEAN (1849-1931)
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b. 01 Apr 1849, Suffolk, ENG; d. 14 Oct 1931, Longford, TAS.
m. Samuel JACOBS (1849-) in 1884
Louis Harold JACOBS (1885-1890)
Ila May JACOBS (1887-)
Charles BEAN (c1850-1932)
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d. 10 Feb 1932, Longford,
m. Celia / Cecilia CHAMLEY (1849-1923 d. of James Chamley and Sarah Howe) in 10 Jun 1885, Longford.
no family
Lewis BEAN (c1853-1941)
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d. 01 Dec 1941, Longford, TAS
m Alice COOKE (c. 1862-1903) of Northdod, Shropshire, in 14 May 1896, Longford
m. Amy Eveline MILLER in 26 Mar 1913, Longford.
no family
photos
Ellen Eliza “Nellie” BEAN (1871-1954) - my grandmother's sister.
Amy Frances BEAN (1876-1910) and husband James Charles AYRE on their wedding day in 1905 (click image for large image)
Charles Robert BEAN died aged 28yrs
Edith Rosa BEAN (my paternal grandmother)
Archie BEAN off to France to war during WWI, this photo was taken in Egypt in Egyptian uniform.
sisters Elsie Maude PLUCK and Lilly Victoria Madelene PLUCK in 1918
Algie BEAN in 1948 - see newspaper article - page 1 and page 2
Albert BEAN, his wife Alice and children c1928 Longford, Tasmania.
This is probably Lillias Maria BEAN
Bean Flour Mill, Fingal (photo courtesy of Heather Kay)
The man with the three children is Robert Henry Bean, and his father is standing at rear right next to the wheel.
listed as being operated by Robert Bean in 1914 (see here), I presume Robert Henry BEAN (1869-1950) or his father.
Bean brothers on Fingal Bridge c1915
Front Row L to R: ? Bean, Charles Campbell “Dicky” Bean b 1899, Thomas Ivan “Johnson” Bean b 1903
Back Row L to R: ? Bean , Trevor Lionel “Scorcher” b 1904 ?, ? Bean
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