BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
I am having problems piecing together the Beaven family from this area, as found spelled as Beven, Bevon on various census records. The earliest member of this family that I have found to date is Stephen Beaven born about 1803 in England and was settled in this area by 1851 with a wife and 6 children by the 1851 census. There are very few Beavon entries in this area and only a couple appear on each census. I am trying to fit in Alice Jane Beaven born about 1884 in Weir, Quebec who appears to be the daughter of a William Beaven born about 1861. My problem is fitting William into the original 1851 family. Can anyone help? Thanks, Leigh....
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
Hi Leigh. Marlene Simmons has a database of church records that covers Argenteuil County. You can order transcriptions of those records from her for a fee. She also provides a service in which she will search through the records for a particular surname and tell you which members with that surname belong to a particular family. I believe she charges a one-hour fee for this. I checked her database, and she has 26 Beavens in it, including an Alice Jane and a William. If you haven't been to the Eastern Townships and Quebec Genealogy Web site, this is the address: http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/Another avenue you might pursue is to look at the St. Matthew's Anglican Church records for Argenteuil County on microfilm from LDS. The film I am viewing covers 1831 to 1882, FHL US/CAN Film 1992751 Item 3. Good luck in your search. Bonnie
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
My grandfather was William Samuel Beaven .He had a daughter Alice Jane . He was a son of Stephen but according to the info I have Stephen was born in Canada however his father also Stephen was born somewhere in the British Isles about 1799 hope this is helpful
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
My great uncle William S. Beaven appears in the 1901 census. He was born in 1860 and at the time of the census he had eight children. His parents were Stephen Beaven and Sarah Ann Bates. I don't know if he is your William or not. They seem to have used the same names in different branches of the family and on down through the generations. Maybe this will help. Marcy
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
I do have information for you on a Stephen Bevin, son of Stephen Bevin who resided in Argenteuil, if you would like me to send it to you, please let me know.
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
My Father is William John Beaven born Feb 13,1923. Son of William Henry and Sara Abigail Bates . My uncles Wilfred,Alex and Norman twin brother Harold died as enfant and Aunts are Mable,Regina Hilda and Lilian. Have to am looking for info on my family.
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
Hi, my family on my father's side is from the Weir area.
There is a lake Beaven (they have changed it to Bevin) named after a I don't know. My granfather ,Edmund Phillip Beaven and grandmother Gladys Dora Larose were born in 1904 and 1903. They mixed up their years on the headstone.
I was told my greatgrandfather's name was Laschi Beaven, but I don't have any written documents for his birth and death dates.
I met another Beaven (Marcy I believe) in Banff Alberta who's family was from the Laurentians so we have spread out around the country.
I hope this helps.I would also like to know more about the Beaven history as well.
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
If you would like to e-mail me directly I can give you a few generations of your Beaven family back to England. My e-mail is jeanleblanc@sympatico.caThanks, Leigh.
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
I have the book, The History Of Weir, I am really sure there are Beaven names in it. get in contact with me and I'll check it out for you
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Re: BEAVEN Family of Argenteuil / Weir
Hi Leigh, I have a book titled "The History of Weir", in it, it has Stephen and William Beaven. For Stephen, it says, Beaven, Stephen-1822 married Harriet Long, children, Elisha, George, John, Mary Jane, Wallace..For William, it has, Beaven, William, married Mary Ann Morgan, children, Arthur, Albert (Abby), Leonard, Charles, John, Robert, William, Alice, Alma, Ethel, Edith, Nora, Sarah (Sadie). hope this helps you in some way. I'll look more in the book for any other mention of this family. Bruce
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