Ancestry of David Beckham

compiled by Michael J. Wood


The following material on the immediate ancestry of David Beckham should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

This report is by Michael J. Wood.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of David Beckham
1 David Robert Joseph Beckham, b. Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, London, 2 May 1975
PARENTS
2 David Edward Alan ("Ted") Beckham, b. Edmonton ... [Jul-Sep] 1948
m. Hackney ... 1969
3 Sandra Georgina West, b. ... 1949
GRANDPARENTS
4 Aubrey Edward Jack ("Ted") Beckham, seaman, b. Kings College Hospital, Lambeth, 18 July 1925 [entry no. 399], d. ...
m. St. John's Leytonstone, Essex 21 Sept. 1946 [entry no. 343]
5 Doris May Hamilton, b. West Ham 5 July 1929, d. Stepney ... [Mar-Jun] 1971
6 Joseph West, porter (HMSO), b. ... [ca. 1926], d. ...
m. Registry Office, Shoreditch, 16 July 1949 [entry no. 70]
7 Margaret Jean Wiggins, dressmaker, b. ... [ca. 1930], d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Edward Charles Beckham, seaman, Chief Petty Officer, b. 3 Victory Cottages, Walworth, Surrey, 24 Nov. 1901 [entry no. 158], d. ...
m. St. John's Church, Newington, Surrey, 21 June 1924 [entry no. 355]
9 Queenie Violet Eldridge, cigarette maker, b. 22 Broad Court, Strand, London, 15 Sept. 1902 [entry no. 57], d. ...
10 Charles Theodore Hamilton, builder's labourer, b. ... [ca. 1905], d. ...
m. Register Office, West Ham, 20 Dec. 1924 [entry no. 83]
11 Emily Beatrice Bartlett, b. ... [ca. 1902], d. ...
12 James Walter West, printer, b. ... , d. ...
m.
13 ... , b. ... , d. ...
14 Ernest Albert Wiggins, warehouseman, b. ... , d. ...
m.
15 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 William John Beckham, carman, b. St. Savo\iour ... [Jan-Mar] 1870, d. ... [by 1924]
m. St. John's Church, Walworth, London, 18 May 1890
17 Harriett Fletcher, b. St Saviour ... [Apr-Jun] 1873, d. ...
18 John Eldridge, hotel waiter, b. Weston Turville, Tring [sic], ... [ca. 1871], d. ...
m.
19 Rose C ... Alderman, b. Pimlico, London, ... [ca. 1879/81], d. ...
20 Charles William Hamilton, commercial clerk, b. ... , d. ...
m.
21 ... , b. ... , d. ...
22 William Charles Bartlett, house decorator, b. ... , d. ... [by 1924]
m.
23 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 John Beckham, b. ... , d. ...
m.
33 ... , b. ... , d. ...
34 Edward/William Fletcher, waterside labourer, b. ... [ca. 1843/4], d. ...
m.
35 Sarah ... , b. ... [ca. 1844/5], d. ...
36 John Eldridge, blacksmith, b. Weston Turville, Bucks, ... [ca. 1849/50], d. ...
m. Aylesbury ... [Apr-Jun] 1870
37 Isabella Ridgway, b. Weston Turville, Bucks, ... [ca. 1848/9], d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.K. DECENNIAL CENSUS







1901 London, Newington, St Peter Walworth, RG13/378, Page 21
3 Victory Cottages

William Beckham   Head    M   30        Vestry Carman     Worker      London Newington
Harriet   do      Wife    M       27                                    do      do
Martha    do      Daur             9                                    do      do
Jane      do      Daur             7                                    do      do
Mary      do      Daur             4                                    do      do
William   do      Son          1                                        do      do

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1901 London, St Martin in the Fields, St Martin in the Fields, RG13/240, page 28
22 Broad Court

John Eldridge      Head   M   29       Hotel Head Waiter    Worker     Bucks  Weston Turville, Town of
Rose C       do    Wife   M       22                                   London Pimlico
Dorothy R M  do    Daur            4                                     do   Holborn
   (three visitors)

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1891 RG12/219 f 88 sch 350, 53 Grays Inn Road, St Andrew & St George, Holborn, London

Caroline Alderman   Head         Wid       59                         London Hackney
Maria      "        Daug         S         29                         London Sohho
Katie      "        Daug         S         25                         London Soho
Anne       "        Daug         S         21                         London Soho
Rose       "        grandchild             10                         London Pimlico

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1861 RG9/174 f 101b sch 86, 16 Soho Square, Westminster, St Anne

John Alderman       Head            Mar   41        Invalid Chair Maker, Master     Herts   Tring
Caroline    do      Wife            Mar       30                                    Midx    St Giles
Caroline E  do      daur                       4                                    Midx    St Anne Westminster
John        do      son                    2                                          do      do
Albert      do      son                    1                                          do      do
Cecilia Westbrook   sister-in-law   Unm       39                                    West Hackney

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NOTES






18 -- The registry entry for his birth says that he was born in "Weston Turville, Tring", suggesting doubt as to which is right, as Tring, Herts, is on the Herts/Bucks border, close to Weston Turville, Bucks.



19 -- Rose Alderman was a granddaughter of John and Caroline (Westbrook) Alderman [he b. Herts, Tring, ca. 1820, d. by 1891, she b. Hackney ca. 1830, liv. 1891], but it is not known (yet) which of their children was Rose's parent.









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