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Erasmus BEYNON
Abt 1841 - 1897 (~ 56 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Erasmus BEYNON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1841 Exeter, Devon, England 
- From the 1851 census - but his father and aunt were also shown as born Exeter in this census when it seems clear they weren't
GRO ref: Beynon, Erasmus q2 1842 Exeter RD 10 105
Gender Male Education 1851 Exeter, Devon, England Scholar Occupation From 1861 to 1897 Chemist and Druggist - In 1861 he was working as an assistant for chemists and druggists Charles Row and his son Alfred, living and probably working at 90 Fore Street, Devonport.
By 1871 he was one of 6 assistants to Wm. R. Basker(?), a chemist in New Bond Street, Westminster.
At the time of his marriage in 1878 he was simply shown as 'chemist'.
He then spent some time in India - could the name "Froacher & Co." be the same as Basker / Baucher?
Back in England, for some years Erasmus worked in partnership with an Arthur Hooley and Albert Edward Bertie Smith, under the name "Bertie Smith and Company" but they wound this up in 1897 - the year of Erasmus's death; perhaps his health was declining and this player a part in this.
The ending of the partnership was announced in the London Gazette of 9 February 1897:
"Notice is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us the undersigned Arthur Hooley Erasmus Beynon and Albert Smith carrying on business at Lordship-lane London S.E. or any other place or places as Wholesale Druggists Patent Medicine Proprietors and General Merchants under the style or firm of Bertie Smith and Company has been dissolved by mutual consent as from this date. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Arthur Hooley and Erasmus Beynon. - As witness our hands this 8th day of January 1897.
Erasmus Beynon.
A. E. Bertie-Smith.
Arthur Hooley.
Residence 1878 St. Leonard's, Exeter, Devon, England - Shown on PR entry when he married - may just indicated the parish.
Died 6 Oct 1897 Lewisham Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Beynon, Erasmus q4 1897 aged 55 Lewisham RD 1d 715
Buried 9 Oct 1897 Ladywell Cemetery, Lewisham, Kent, England - From burial register (transcribed data on DeceasedOnline website)
Probate 3 Nov 1897 Principal Registry, London, England - Beynon Erasmus of 34 Devonshire-road Forest-hill Kent died 6 October 1897 Probate London 3 November to Caroline Amelia Beynon widow Effects £200 12s.
Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
The Revd. Benjamin BEYNON, b. Abt 1756, d. 1 Jun 1839, Radnor Place, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 83 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth SPRATT, b. Abt 1800, Exeter, Devon, England, d. Jun Q 1886, Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 86 years) (Mother) Notes - (Research):Haven't found in the 1881 and 1891 census - thought at 1st could be because name mis-transcribed but I think more likely because the family was in India (son born there in c.1883 and "The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society" shows that a 'Mr. Erasmus Beynon' was elected a member on 11th December 1888.
The Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute (17th volume, 1885 - 6) includes in its list of members "BEYNON, ERASMUS,, care of Messrs. Froacher(?) & Co., Limited, Bombay, India." This is a transcription produced by ocr and so Froacher could well be slightly inaccurate.
Person ID I12334 All Last Modified 24 Jun 2022
Father John William BEYNON, bap. 28 Dec 1798, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1856, Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 57 years) Mother Elizabeth SPRATT, b. Abt 1800, Exeter, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1886, Exeter Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 86 years) Married 2 Nov 1825 Holy Trinity Church, Exeter, Devon, England - From DFHS index of PR etnries (on FMP, viewed 26 Jan 2013)
Family ID F5470 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Caroline Amelia VICKARY, b. Abt 1847, Exeter, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1923, Lewisham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married 2 Oct 1878 St. James’ Church, Exeter, Devon, England - GRO ref: Beynon, Erasmus TO Vickary, Caroline Amelia q4 1878 Exeter RD 5b 141
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 11 Mar 2016)
Shows Erasmus Beynon, full age, Bachelor, Chemist, resident S. Leonards Exeter, father John William Beynon, Deceased married
Caroline Amelia Vickary, full age, Spinster, no occupation given, resident 10 Salutary Place S. James, father John Vickary, Deceased.
Married after Banns by John P. Mills, Curate of Bridford
Both signed, witnesses Charles John Vickary and Gertrude Vickary, also both signed.
Children + 1. Alfred BEYNON, b. Abt 1883, Poona, India , d. Yes, date unknown▻ Violet Florence CAMPBELL m. Jun Q 1907Last Modified 11 Mar 2016 Family ID F5474 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1851 census - but his father and aunt were also shown as born Exeter in this census when it seems clear they weren't
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Born - Abt 1841 - Exeter, Devon, England 
Education - Scholar - 1851 - Exeter, Devon, England 
Residence - 1878 - St. Leonard's, Exeter, Devon, England 
Married - 2 Oct 1878 - St. James’ Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
Child - Alfred BEYNON - Abt 1883 - Poona, India = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
