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 History of the Bean Family opposite page 36.

An Extract from a Lady's Diary containing a reference to our mother, Mrs Alexander Bean.


This extract was taken from the journal of Miss Elizabeth Edmondson Webb, which she wrote while staying in Brand's Cottage, West Mersea, with her brother and his wife. Mr Webb was on some Coastguard Inspection Duty (?) during the years 1851 and 1852, ...
Cat1 Families-->Bean / May

History of the Bean Family opposite page 36.
An Extract from a Lady's Diary containing a reference to our mother, Mrs Alexander Bean.

This extract was taken from the journal of Miss Elizabeth Edmondson Webb, which she wrote while staying in Brand's Cottage, West Mersea, with her brother and his wife. Mr Webb was on some Coastguard Inspection Duty (?) during the years 1851 and 1852, when my Uncle Henry Bean and Aunt Emily were living at Rosebank. The two families became very intimate. Miss Webb was married on 30 Dec 1852 (just two months after my mother's marriage) to the Rev. Charles Tate at St Jude's Southsea. The following extract was given me by her daughter, my dear friend Mary Elizabeth Tate, who lived next door to me and my husband the last four years of our life in Whitchurch Hants (C.F.B.)

7 Feb 1852 Mrs Henry Bean came in this morning to ask me to accompany them to Colchester, as it was a lovely day. I was only too happy to do so as I was anxious to see the place. We started at a quarter to twelve in Mr Willcocks' dog cart and had a lovely drive over the Strood into Colchester, which we reached at half past one. Its a nice clean place and an unusually large country town. Mrs Bean and I walked about and did some shopping, then went to Mr ...


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