Expert: Nancy Janyszeski - 10/13/2007

Question
HI, I AM TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION OUT ABOUT HIS FAMILY TREE I KNOW I AM RELATED TO HIM, I JUST ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT HIM.

Answer
Christy, to be clear you will see differences in dates of births and his shpouse.  The 1880 census has him a widow and wikipedia has her living until 1922.  So you have to take it all on speculation until you see something that proves the date.  The census is a pretty good record.  Also Wikipedia is added to by anyone who wants to and the information is not verified.

We just returned from visiting the Saloon  in West Texas.

Nancy


Christy, the following is the 1880 census from San Antonio Texas.  

Roy Bean
Home in 1880: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Maryland
Neighbors: View others on page  
Occupation: Freighter
Marital Status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Roy Bean 46  
Roy Bean 17  
Adelaide Bean 8  
Zulenia Bean 6  
Sam Bean 5  
John Toney 18  

You will find a very good story on his life at the following...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Roy_Bean

Nancy