I am looking for information on Eliza Senior. She married Cyrus Beck and had 9 children. She would have be born sometime between 1870 and 1880.

Any information about her or her family would be great.

Allen Morris

Hannah Eliza Senior was the wife of Cyrus William Beck. She was born in 1854 on Flat Islands, Placentia Bay. Cyrus died 15 December 1912, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and one assumes that Eliza died there, too.

Of the nine children, one included Rachel Beck who married Edward Clarck. Cyrus also was married to Annie Pike and they had a daughter, Violet. Annie was also at one time married to a William Smith. I don't have the dates of what happened first.

Rachel Beck was born at St. Lawrence, Burin Peninsula, NFL in 1895. Edward Clarck was b. on Fr. island of St. Pierre in 1895. Both are buried in Lakeside Cem., N. Sydney, NS.

New York passenger list (1820 - 1957) shows:
Name: Cyrus Beck
Arrival Date: 24 Aug 1933
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Age: 63
Port of Departure: St John, Newfoundland
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Fort St George
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Newfoundland
Line: 1
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_5375
Birth Location: Newfoundland
Birth Location Other: St Lawrence
Page Number: 161
Wife - Hanna - born Flat Island - age 63

I take this 'Hannath to be Hannah Eliza Senior because of the following:

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
Name: Cyrus Wm Beck
Arrival Date: May 1927
Age: 56
Birth Date: abt 1871
Birthplace: St Lawrence Nfld
Race/Nationality: English
Port of Arrival: Vanceboro, Maine, USA
Accompanied by: Wife Hannah E S (note these initials!- I believe they are for: "Hannah Eliza Senior")
Departure Contact: Cousin Saml Beck
Arrival Contact: Sister Priscilla Larte

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Would love to exchange more info if possible.

Best regards,

Laurence Barber
Toronto, Canada

Thank you very much for the information.

I had not heard that Eliza's first name was Hannah. I assume that Flat Island is a reference to Miquelon. I am sure that Eliza was French: that information came from her daughter Mabel.

Mabel's son named his daughter Priscilla Ann.

I have the children as:
Malazine (1891-1973)
William (1892)
Evelyn (1894)
Rachel (1895)
Ada May (1897)
Unknown Male
Unknown Male
Mabel Mary (1903-1999) My wifes grandmother
Eli Beck (1907-1983)

Thanks again,

Allen Morris

Great to share . . .
Actually Flat Island (2.1 km long) is right with Davis Island and Woody Island - & some other smaller islands /hamlets including Oderin & Burnt Island, in Placentia Bay (SW), NL. (Flat Island was settled in early 1800's & abandoned by 1970.)

Great to share . . .
Actually Flat Island (2.1 km long) is right with Davis Island and Woody Island - & some other smaller islands /hamlets including Oderin & Burnt Island, in Placentia Bay (SW), NL. (Flat Island was settled in early 1800's & abandoned by 1970.)

I have Cyrus Wm Beck as son of James Beck (ca 1849 - 18 Oct 1897) and Susan Unknown (1856 - 1916) who also had Priscilla Beck (m. Unknown Larte) and (as yet unconfirmed) John Beck, fisherman (b Apr 1875 St. Lawrence - m. Anne Reeves; b. Oct 1877 St. Lawrence, NL, dau of Giles Reeves and Victoria Pike).

Like you I'm concluding that there were 2 Cyrus Becks, and don't know why I didn't see it before. William Cyrus Beck (m. to Eliza Senior) could not be the one following, who is listed as a bachelor. Also the marriage date of 1900 would preclude it being William Cyrus as he and Eliza are still having children into the early 1900's.

9 Dec 1900 Gt St Lawrence, Burin - Cyrus Beck - 29 B; Fishing;Ch of Engld b. Great St Lawrence; m. Annie Pike 27 S Ch of Engld b. Great St Lawrence; Rev John Hewitt; witnesses - Albert Pike, Mary Beck. This is the Annie Pike who had a daughter, Violet and subsequently remarried Smith and had two children by him, as per the 1921 NL Census, at Cupids.

Sorry for the confusion I've created. (We still don't know which Cyrus died in 1912.)

I found the marriage certificate of Rachel Beck to Edward Clarke in 1917.
Her parents are listed as Cyrus Beck and Eliza Senior.
The occupation of parent is listed as "deceased".