occupation

Architect/surveyor

dates

Born: 1895, Ramsden, Oxon

Married: (1) 1920 Hilda Lilian LAVERS
(2) c1928 Florence Kathleen FALLET

(3) 1949 Ruby Florence SMITH

Died: 1954, Freeland, Oxon

residence

Initially Ramsden, Oxon but left c.1920; subsequently Borneo, London, Chester, Tilehurst (Berks), Kidlington and Freeland (both Oxon)

submitted by

Dave BEAMES (son)

related faces

William BEAMES (father)

Ann BEAMES née BUSBY (mother)

Ada May BEAMES 2 (sister)

Edith HILL, née BEAMES (sister)

Background information

William Albert BEAMES, my father, was born in 1895 at Ramsden and was an architect/surveyor.  He married (1) 1920 Hilda Lilian LAVERS (c.1899-1924, died of TB);  (2) c.1928 Florence Kathleen FALLET (1901-44, died of liver disease); (3) 1949 Ruby Florence SMITH (1918 - still alive). He died in 1954.

The portrait was taken at his 3rd wedding.  He was sometimes mistaken for Winston  Churchill.

William saw active service in both wars and was a p-o-w in WW1.  After his first wife died, he went to Borneo (oil).  He met my mother on a boat (she was teaching in India) and married her in Singapore.  They returned to England for children - I’m the only survivor of 3.

William’s father is standing at the centre back of the BEAMES family group photo.