The father of Ellen, my maternal grandmother was was Henry Beard, born in Northampton, c 1840. He was a tailor and married Elizabeth (Betsy)Williams .
There were eight children of the family,
Anne (Annie) (Date unknown)
Caroline (Carrie) 1860
Elizabeth 1862
Ellen 1864 – 1926 .. (my grandmother)
Henry William 1866
Albert 1870
Harry 1870
Alfred 1874
Anne & William emigrated with their families to Australia c 1910 and I believe, some of the family later returned to the UK.
Ellen married twice, firstly to William Vawer and secondly, in 1904, as a widow, to Thomas Dyoss (b 1866).
Albert married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Shaw, his cousin, and had one child, a daughter, Gertrude, who married a Jack Broomhall. They had a son Lawrence (or Laurence). Gertude (Gertie) was hit and killed in a motor accident on Walsall Broadway.
There is a family story of Henry Beard having had a parrot. It goes that one day, on returning to his workroom, found a visitor there and was greeted by the parrot squawking "He's got your scissors, gaffer", which, indeed, the visitor had. I know that although intelligent, parrots aren't that good with language, but I have no doubt that the story is based on an actual event. Perhaps one of you visitors to this page may recognise the story in their part of the family.