Research Papers
Old letters, notes and family trees that have come down in the family, with scans of the originals and full transcriptions. Click a title to read it; it opens on the page of the person it is most about.
The search of 1905
In 1905 three Beardmores – John of Hanley, the brassfounder; Jeremiah of Bucknall, the architect; and George of Kingsley, the registrar – tried to trace their common ancestry. The story is told on William Beardmore’s page.
- John Beardmore’s letters, August–November 1905: the list of William’s thirteen children, and the story of the walk from Cotton.
- Jeremiah Beardmore’s letters, October 1905: how the search began, and the Rector’s fee.
- Jeremiah Beardmore’s rough sketch of the family tree, 1905, with Olive Dale’s later notes.
- Pedigree of John Beardmore, Brassfounder, Hanley.
Olive Dale’s research
Olive Dale spent many years from the early 1950s researching the Beardmores of North Staffordshire. Her letters to George Cedric Beardmore have a page of their own.
- The Beardmores of Farley, Cotton and Alton: her “long version” of the family tree, from Thomas (1573) to William’s children.
- Descent from Thomas Berdmore of Alveton: the family of Jeremiah Beardmore of Kingsley.
- The Bougheys of Whitmore and John Berdmore: Beardmores of Froghall and Whitmore in the 1530s–1550s.
- Letters from Olive Dale to George Beardmore, 1954–1967.
Family papers
- George Beardmore’s family Bible: births, marriages and deaths of George Beardmore (1787–1839) and his family.
- George Beardmore’s letter to Rick, 4 November 1952: to his nephew, newly enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps.
- Margaret Beardmore’s notes on the family: her uncles and aunts, the children of John and Emily Beardmore.
- Rick remembers Uncle Cyril.
- Henry Sandon’s letter to Rick, 2014: memories of Cyril Shingler at Royal Worcester.
Other Beardmores
- The Beardmores of South Staffordshire: a family tree by Dennis Beardmore, 1958–1972, of an unrelated Beardmore family, with a note about Olive Dale and our own family.