Lucy Augusta Callear 1880 - 1966
1880. Lucy Augusta Callear was born on 25/11/1880 to Slaney Callear & Eliza Deakin Madeley Mar 1881. She was their 2nd daughter, their 7th child
1881C. Lucy A Callear, 5 mths, was living Ring of Bells, Dawley Road, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire
| Slaney | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 38 | 1843 | Innkeeper & Genl Agent | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 37 | 1844 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Ralph U S | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 11 | 1870 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Helena B G | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 9 | 1872 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Enoch E | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 7 | 1874 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Francis A | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Albert | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 4 | 1877 | Scholar | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Oram A | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 2 | 1879 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Lucy A | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 5 mths | 1881 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
Slaney's family 1889 . Back row:Frank, Ernest,Urban
Middle row: Slaney, Lucy, Eliza, Gertie
Front row: Edie, Albert, Arthur
1891C, Lucy Callear,12, was living St Lukes Road , Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire with an elderly schoolmistress . Her family at the Queens Head Inn, Madeley
| Elizabeth | Bailey | Head | Single | Female | 67 | 1824 | Schoolmistress | Shropshire, England |
| Lucy | Callear | Boarder | - | Female | 12 | 1879 | Scholar | Dawley Shropshire, England |
1901C. Lucy Callear, 20, was living King Street, Dawley Magna, Madeley , Shropshire with her family
| Slaney | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 58 | 1843 | Rate & Tax Collector | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 55 | 1846 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Urban | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 31 | 1870 | Grocers Assistant | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Gertrude | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 29 | 1872 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Frank | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 25 | 1876 | Draughtsman Apprentice Bridge Works | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Arthur | Callear | Son | Single | Male | 21 | 1880 | Draughtsman | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
| Lucy | Callear | Daughter | Single | Female | 20 | 1881 | - | Dawley, Shropshire, England |
1901. September her father died
1896 -1904. Several mentions of her playing the piano in concerts in the Lawley Wesleyan Sunday School - FMP Newspapers
She was a teacher - maybe just in the Sunday school.
1908. Lucy Augusta Callean, 27, married John H Bedford , 28, of Wishaw, Scotland Madeley Sep 1908 in Dawley Bank Wesleyan Chapel on 8/7/1908 ( Bmd mistakenly has her as Callean ). His address High Fields, Main Road, Wishaw, Scotland: hers King Street, Dawley . His father Moses Bedford; hers Slaney Callear . Witnesses Percy Howard Green & Edith Jane Callear (1885, her sister & one of her bridesmaids).
from the Wellimgton Journal 11/7/1908
The article continued with more wedding presents. The groom was given a Gold Albert & pendant from the bride; pictures, butter dishes & prongs from his parents; various gifts from people in Wishaw; a cheese dish from Miss Prince of Ludlow, a cousin; a purse of sovereigms from Shieldmuir P M C
John & Lucy
1909. . Francis John Bedford was born on 11/11/1909 to John & Lucy
1911C. John H Bedford, 31, Minister, was living Primitive Methodist Manse, Wrockwardine Woods, Oakengates, Shropshire . Married 2 & 3/4 years, 1 child. Living in 8 rooms
| John Henry | Bedford | Head | Married | Male | 31 | 1880 | Primitive Methodist Minister | Staffs Stafford |
| Lucy Augusta | Bedford | Wife | Married | Female | 30 | 1881 | - | Shropshire Dawley |
| Francis John | Bedford | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1910 | - | Shropshire Wrockwardine Wood |
3 generations: Lucy, son Francis & mother Eliza
1916. Reginald C Bedford born Pontypool Sep 1916 was their 2nd son- mother Callear.
1917. From l to r. Mary-Eliz, Fred. King, Moses, Francis, Elizabeth, John Henry, Lucy & Reginald
1923. John H Bedford was minister at Rhymney Valley, S. Wales - from FMP newspaper article
1925 onwards . John H Bedford a minister at Somers Road P M C in Portsmouth - from FMP newspaper articles
1928. John H Bedford's completion of 24 years service was celebrated at the Somers Road P M C Church hall in Portsmouth from FMP newspaper article
1932. The family moved to Colne, Lancs
1932-1935. Her husband was Minister in Colne ( Skipton Road) - from 3 FMP newspaper articles
1937 onwards . Her husband was Minister in Bournemouth ( Curzon Road & Winton) - from 2 FMP newspaper articles
1939 Register, John H Bedford, Minister, born 5/10/1879, was living 191 Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth Amy is actually Lucy in the original!
| John H | Bedford | 1879 | 05 Oct 1879 | Male | Minister Of Religion Metodist | Married | 164 | 1 |
| Amy A | Bedford | 1880 | 25 Nov 1880 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Dut | Married | 164 | 2 |
1966. Lucy A Bedford, 85, of 16 Naish Road, Barton on Sea, Hampshire,wife of John Henry Bedford, a Minister of Religion(retired) , died 24/2/1966 at the War Memorial Hospital, Milford on Sea New Forest Mar 1966 .Cause of death: Myocardial infection & Pernicious Anaemia . Informant: Francis John Bedford, son, of 44 Westmore Road , Beckenham, Kent . Interestingly the certificate was issued for the purposes of The Friendly Society Act . Probate of £5079 to her two sons
There was a long obituary for her in the New Milton Advertiser:
Her husband was also a patient in the War Memorial Hospital at the time of her death there. She had moved with him to Portsmouth in 1924 and become President of the Women's Missionary Federation for Southampton & Salisbury of the PMC. Also President of the Womens Free Church Council there & worked with the care of unmarried mothers. In 1936 the couple moved to Bournemouth where her husband was the superintendent Minister of the Curzon Road Methodist Circuit, which included Highcliffe. . Cremated at Bournemouth . Mourners include her 2 sons & daughters in law, Miss Margaret Bedord, granddaughter, (representing her 2 sisters Priscilla Bailey & Frances Pengelly) & Alan & David Bedford, grandsons
The above article completely omits that they were in Colne, Lancs 1932-1935!!
1966. John H Bedford, 86, of 44 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, Kent dies on 10/8/1966 at Hornset Centraal Hospital, Hornsea Haringey Sep 1966 . Haringey part of Waltham Forest . Probate to Francis J Bedford MBE & Reginald Callear Bedford, ministers of religion. Effects £2070