James William Beckett

  Research Notes:

Added 11/12/09 as reading Pat Johnson's family tree I realize I had the wrong husband. Patrick said he was born 6 Jul 1846 but this is probably his christening as FreeBMd has him in Jun qtr. Patrick also has father as son of John Beckett and Ann

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1851 Census Carcraft Beckett John: James W Beckett son aged 4 scholar born Carcroft yorks, 30 Mar 1851, Carcroft Yorks. ¹⁸¹³

• 1861 Census Pontefract Beckitt John: James William Beckitt son aged 14 scholar born Owston Yorks, 7 Apr 1861, Golden Lion, Corn Market, Pontefract. ¹⁸¹⁴

James married Mary Travis, daughter of Matthias Travis and Eliza Wright, in Jun 1872 in Thorne, Yorks, England.⁵⁸⁷ (Mary Travis was born about 1 Dec 1843 in Hatfield, Nr Doncaster, Yorks England, christened on 17 Dec 1843 in Kirk Bramwith, Yorkshire, England ⁵⁸⁸ and died on 23 May 1900 in Thorne, Yorks, England ⁵⁸⁹.)