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James Patrick Francis Betson OBE (Captain)

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 1 Feb 2015 09:06

"Who's Who in Staffordshire" 1934

BETSON, William James (Rev.), J.P.
Clerk in Holy Orders.
The Vicarage, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent.

Born 1872 at Bourne, Lincs. Son of the late James Betson. Educated at Lutterworth Grammar School and Schola Cancellarii, Lincoln.

Married 1903, Ella Fleetwood, daughter of the late T. P. Edwards, M.D.

Member of Cheadle Rural District Council and Chairman since 1928 ;
Member of Leek and Cheadle Guardians Committee ;
Member of North West Joint Electricity Authority since 1931.

Vicar of Alton and Bradley-le-Moors ;
In charge of large Munition District (St. Luke’s), Barrow-in-Furness, during the Great War.
Recreations - Tennis, Golf, Amateur Mechanics and Music.

Heir - James Patrick Francis Betson. Born 1915.

http://www.thepotteries.org/people/betson_wilm.htm

Chris :)


Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 (Find My Past)

BETSON JAMES PATRICK FRANCIS 1906 1932 Passenger lists Port of Spain (Trinidad), West Indies (Master Mariner)

Last address in UK as, The Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire

(address same as on above article, Birth on it, perhaps a mistake)

edits

Deaths
1946 Betson Ella Fleetwood 70 Douglas 250 2862
1949 Betson William James 77 Douglas

Marriage
Year Surname Name Parish/Town Where Married Page Entry Register Notes
1903 Betson William James Onchan Onchan

http://www.manxbmd.com/


1911 (Find My Past)
William James Betson Head Married Male 38 1873 Bourne Lincolnshire Clerk In Holy Orders
Ella Fleetwood Betson Wife Married Female 35 1876 Castletown Isle of Man
James Patrick Francis Betson Son - Male 5 1906 Derbyshire Fernilee
Mary Jocelyne Betson Daughter - Female 3 1908 Derbyshire Fernilee
Gertrude Mary Betson Sister Single Female 42 1869 Lincolnshire Bourne Organist And Teacher Of Music
Alice Robotham Servant Single Female 23 1888 Derbyshire Derby General Servant Domestic
Address 90 Appleton Gate Newark Nottinghamshire
Parish Newark upon Trent
County Nottinghamshire
Census reference RG14 PN20743 RG78 PN1237 RD432 SD3 ED12 SN6