Emma Crouch married December 1865 in Bedminster. She was probably born in September 1843 in Clifon.

Another Emma Crouch (possibly her mother) died in September 1888 aged 75. She was born in something like 1813.

A John Bewley died in March 1888 in Bedminster at the aged of 68. He was therefore born in 1820.

John William Bewley was bon in December 1838 in Bristol. Emma Crouch Bewley would have been about 25 then.

See Elizabeth Marian Crouch Bewley

1 The Paddocks, Edwalton, Notts NG12 4AR 0115 92354498 7th Nov Dear Mr Brind, Thank you for your letter of 17th Oct. It is very kind of you to have taken the trouble to record so much information for me. I am very much in the initial stages of a One Name study and it will be some time (because of other commitments) before I can do some serious research, such as going through the St Catherine's House records. Until recently I was Hon. Treasurer of the Notts Family History Society, which is probably the most hard working county society- we have indexed every Notts census from 1841 to 1891, for example, and have published 100 Record Series books, including recording and indexing practically every grave in every churchyard in the county! We have the G.R.O. records from St Catherine's House on microfiche for a good part of 19thC and 20C (1850-1925) which will give me a good basis to work on! Perhaps I should explain that the great majority of present day Bewleys are descended from the Cumberland family, including my own. I have traced my direct ancestry back to 1332 when the family first appears in official records. The name was then "de Beaulieu", the French name deriving in turn from the Latin "bellus loco" or "beautiful place". I think it probably that my early ancestors were in the service of the Bishop of Carlisle, because they were named in certain court actions. The Bishop's residence, the castle of Beaulieu, was given its name by the first Bishop of Carlisle, who was previously Abbot of Beaulieu Abbey in the New Forest. Our name probably derived from the Bishop's residence therefore. However, there are many places in France name Beaulieu and thus there are, or were, other distinct and separate Bewley families in Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Kent and London (and probably elsewhere) in the Middle Ages, with separate coats of arms. Obviously a one name study cannot differentiate, but I shall be interested to see what distinct strands emerge! There were Bewleys in London by the 16th C at least, and at one time or other in Shoreditch, Bermondsey and Westminster. I have extensive pedigrees of the Cumberland Bewleys (and of the Irish Bewleys) but have nothing about West Country Bewleys. I have checked through all my records but cannot find John William's death. Of course when I am able to research and record the G.R.O. records I shall pick it up. From what you say in your letter one would have expected it to be in the 1880s since you say Elizabeth Marian Crouch B was only young when he died- but does the 1896 marriage certificate show her father as deceased? I shall eventually put everything on my little Apple Mac but in the mean time I'll let you know if I find John William's death. Thank you once again for your interesting and helpful letter. Yours sincerely, David Bewley