Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameRichard Benyon Berens 
[3, Marriage, Q2 of 1860, St Geo Han Sq dist, vol 1A, p. 384], [4, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 858, folio 111, p. 23]
[3, Marriage, Q2 of 1860, St Geo Han Sq dist, vol 1A, p. 384], [4, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 858, folio 111, p. 23]Birth1834, St George, Hanover Sq district, London
Death28 Oct 1916, Kevington St Mary Cray Kent
General1871: Landowner & Magistrate.
Spouses
1Fanny Georgina Park [19, Baptism on Oct 31 1839, Wimbledon, Surrey], [4, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 858, folio 111, p. 23]
[19, Baptism on Oct 31 1839, Wimbledon, Surrey], [4, 1881 ref: RG11, piece 858, folio 111, p. 23]FatherAlexander Atherton Park (1802-1871)
MotherMary Frances Brown (1806-1849)
Marriage13 Jun 1860, St George, Hanover Sq parish church, London [3, Marriage, Q2 of 1860, St Geo Han Sq dist, vol 1A, p. 384]
ChildrenRichard (ca1863-ca1863)
Richard (ca1864-1909)
George (1866-1945)
Herbert (ca1867-1897)
Cecil (ca1869-1933)
Maud Catherine (1871-1960)
Edward (ca1873-1938)
Atherton (1877-1940)
Violet Frances (1880-1949)
Notes for Richard Benyon Berens
No baptism record has been found for him, yet.
In the 1841 census he is said not to be born in Kent where he was then living. In addition the 1851 census does not make it clear at all who his parents were. The only steer that we have is his marriage register which name a Richard Beauvoir as his father. Richard Beauvoir might be the 35 year old Barrister in 1841 at Kevington House, but where was his mother?
In the 1851 census he was a boarder at school so we have lost his birth family.
In subsequent censuses he reported that he was born in the parish (?) of St George Hanover Square.
All sources agree that he was born in 1834.
So that is what he is, until something better turns up.
Cracked it to some extent: I searched for the marriage of Richard Beauvoir Berens and indeed found this on the ninth of January of 1833 at St James, Westminster and to Catherine Dowdeswell. This Dowdeswell name becomes significant when his surviving eldest son George took on that as his surname in order to inherit the Dowdeswell estates in 1915.
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His death index:
Name: Richard B Berens
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: abt 1834
Registration Date: Oct 1916 [Nov 1916] [Dec 1916]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Bromley
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 774
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In the 1841 census he is said not to be born in Kent where he was then living. In addition the 1851 census does not make it clear at all who his parents were. The only steer that we have is his marriage register which name a Richard Beauvoir as his father. Richard Beauvoir might be the 35 year old Barrister in 1841 at Kevington House, but where was his mother?
In the 1851 census he was a boarder at school so we have lost his birth family.
In subsequent censuses he reported that he was born in the parish (?) of St George Hanover Square.
All sources agree that he was born in 1834.
So that is what he is, until something better turns up.
Cracked it to some extent: I searched for the marriage of Richard Beauvoir Berens and indeed found this on the ninth of January of 1833 at St James, Westminster and to Catherine Dowdeswell. This Dowdeswell name becomes significant when his surviving eldest son George took on that as his surname in order to inherit the Dowdeswell estates in 1915.
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His death index:
Name: Richard B Berens
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: abt 1834
Registration Date: Oct 1916 [Nov 1916] [Dec 1916]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Bromley
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 774
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Will notes for Richard Benyon Berens
His probate index:
1917
BERENS Richard Benyon of Kevington St Mary Cray Kent died 26 October 1916 Probate London 21 February to Fanny Georgina Berens widow and the reverend George Berens Dowdeswell cleric. Effects £23075 9s. 9d.
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1917
BERENS Richard Benyon of Kevington St Mary Cray Kent died 26 October 1916 Probate London 21 February to Fanny Georgina Berens widow and the reverend George Berens Dowdeswell cleric. Effects £23075 9s. 9d.
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Notes for Richard Benyon & Fanny Georgina (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) Fanny Georgina
Last name Park
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1860
MarriageFinder Fanny Georgina Park married one of these people
Thomas Allchin, Richard Benyon Berens
District St. George Hanover Square
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page number 384
Record Set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Ancestry has provided the image of the marriage register, transcript by me:
“ Page 140
“1860. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex
“No: 279
“When Married: 1860 June 30
His Hers
“Name: Richard Benyon Berens Fanny Georgina Park
“Age: full age minor
“Condition: Bachelor Spinster
“Profession: Esquire -
“Residence: Bruton street Wimpole Street Cavendish Square
“Father: Richard Beauvoir Berens Alexander Atherton Park
“Father’s job: Esquire park
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church
“by Licence, by me, Jas Allan Park
This Marriage was solemnized between us [signed] Richard Benyon Berens Fanny georgina Park
in the Presence of us [signed] Aex A Park W A Carroll Catharine Berens R Moray Ross
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First name(s) Fanny Georgina
Last name Park
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1860
MarriageFinder Fanny Georgina Park married one of these people
Thomas Allchin, Richard Benyon Berens
District St. George Hanover Square
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page number 384
Record Set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Ancestry has provided the image of the marriage register, transcript by me:
“ Page 140
“1860. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex
“No: 279
“When Married: 1860 June 30
His Hers
“Name: Richard Benyon Berens Fanny Georgina Park
“Age: full age minor
“Condition: Bachelor Spinster
“Profession: Esquire -
“Residence: Bruton street Wimpole Street Cavendish Square
“Father: Richard Beauvoir Berens Alexander Atherton Park
“Father’s job: Esquire park
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church
“by Licence, by me, Jas Allan Park
This Marriage was solemnized between us [signed] Richard Benyon Berens Fanny georgina Park
in the Presence of us [signed] Aex A Park W A Carroll Catharine Berens R Moray Ross
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