The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton) (1876-1950)

Personal data Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton) 

• She was born on December 16, 1876 in Shaftesbury, Dorset. England.

  Born and registered as
  Births Mar 1878 (>99%)
  BECKFORD Ada Margaret Shaftesbury 5a 246
  
  Name: Ada Margarett Cotton
  Baptism Date: 13 Jan 1878
  Baptism Place: Cann, Dorset, England
  Father: John Beckford Cotton
  Mother: Mary Ann Cotton (Nee Grey)

• She was baptized on January 13, 1878 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.

  Name: Ada Margarett Cotton
  Baptism Date: 13 Jan 1878
  Baptism Place: Cann, Dorset, England
  Father: John Beckford Cotton
  Mother: Mary Ann Cotton

• Profession: in the year 1901 Laundress.
• Resident:
• in the year 1881: Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury St Peter, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

  1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
  Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury St Peter, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  
  First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
  Mary A Cotton Head Married Female 26 1855 Wife Of Coach (Smith) Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Henry J Cotton Son Single Male 6 1875 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Elizabeth Cotton Daughter Single Female 5 1876 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Ada M Cotton Daughter Single Female 3 1878 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Frank G Cotton Son Single Male 0 1881 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

• in the year 1891: Culver Street, Saint Martin, Alderbury, Wiltshire.

  1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
  Culver Street, Saint Martin, Alderbury, Wiltshire, England
  
  First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
  John B Cotton Head Married Male 42 1849 Coachsmith Fordington, Dorset, England
  Mary A Cotton Wife Married Female 35 1856 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Henry J Cotton Son Single Male 16 1875 Printers Apprentice Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Ada M Cotton Daughter - Female 13 1878 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Frank G Cotton Son - Male 10 1881 Scholar Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Mabel E Cotton Daughter - Female 8 1883 Scholar Romsey, Hampshire, England
  William A Cotton Son - Male 5 1886 Scholar Romsey, Hampshire, England
  Frederick H Cotton Son - Male 2 1889 - Romsey, Hampshire, England

• in the year 1901: 63, Culver Street, Salisbury St Martin, Alderbury, Wiltshire.

  1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
  63, Culver Street, Salisbury St Martin, Alderbury, Wiltshire, England
  
  First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
  John Beckford Cotton Head Married Male 54 1847 Coach Smith London, Middlesex, England
  Mary Ann Cotton Wife Married Female 47 1854 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Ada Margaret Cotton Daughter Single Female 23 1878 Laundress Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Fredk Harry Cotton Son - Male 12 1889 Scholar Romsey, Hampshire, England
  Edith Lilian Cotton Daughter - Female 7 1894 Scholar Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

• in the year 1911: 46 Jervis Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

  1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
  46 Jervis Road Stamshaw Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  
  First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
  William Albert Colley Head Married Male Sheet Metal Worker 37 1874 Thorne Nr Yeorist Somerset
  Ada Margaret Colley Wife Married Female - 33 1878 Shaftesbury Dorset
  William Bennett Colley Son - Male - 4 1907 Salisbury Hilts
  Edith Violet Colley Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Portsmouth Hants

• in the year 1939: 46 Jervis Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

  Colley Household (3 People) 46 Jervis Road , Portsmouth C.B., Hampshire, England
  
  First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
  Ada M Colley 16 Dec 1876 Domestic Duties Unpaid
  William B Colley 26 Jun 1906 Incapacitated Since Infancy
  Ronald C Colley 16 May 1916 Boiler Maker Dockyard

• She died on 2ND Q 1950 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. England, she was 73 years old.

  First name(s) ADA M
  Last name COLLEY
  Gender Female
  Birth day -
  Birth month -
  Birth year 1878
  Age 72
  Death quarter 2
  Death year 1950
  District Portsmouth
  County Hampshire
  Volume 6B
  Page 442
  Country England

• This information was last updated on January 24, 2021.

Household of Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton)

She is married to William Albert Colley.

They got married on April 24, 1905 at St John, Newport, Maindee Monmouthshire, Wales, she was 28 years old.

First name(s) WILLIAM ALBERT Last name COLLEY Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1905 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ WILLIAM ALBERT COLLEY married one of these people Beatrice Ann Gardner, Ada Margaret Cotton District Newport (Monmouthshire) District number - County Monmouthshire Country Wales Volume 11A Page 351
Name: Ada Margaret Cotton Gender: Female Marriage Age: 27 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: 1878
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1905 Marriage Place: Newport, Maindee St John, Monmouthshire, Wales Father: John Beckford Cotton
Spouse: William Albert Colley Page number: 225

NAME: William Albert Colley GENDER: Male MARRIAGE AGE: 31 RECORD TYPE: Marriage BIRTH DATE: 1874 MARRIAGE DATE: 24 Apr 1905 MARRIAGE PLACE: Newport St John Evangelist, Monmouthshire, Wales
FATHER: Bennett Colley SPOUSE: Ada Margaret Cotton PAGE NUMBER: 225 (SEE PHOTO)

Notes about Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton)

John Beckford Cotton married Mary Ann Gray in 1872...

First name(s) John Beckford Last name Cotton Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1872 Registration month -
MarriageFinder ™ John Beckford Cotton married one of these people Mary Ann Gray District Shaftesbury District number -
County Dorset Country England Volume 5A Volume as transcribed 5A Page number 369

Believed to be Ada's parents.

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