Birth:Mar 31 1841 - Mattishall Burgh, Norfolk, England
Her father, Francis Beckham, was charged with sheep stealing on 1 Jul 1843 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk. He arrived in Australia aboard the ship "Sir George Seymour" at Point Henry on 22 March 1845, Geelong, one of 176 exiles, including his brother Henry BECKHAM after having been convicted together. These exiles were from the Pentonville Probationary Prison. Francis and Henry BECKHAM, brothers arrived at Geelong in 1845 and went to work as shepherds for Henry GIBB, a squatter in the Lake Bolac/Mortlake area. They took up land at Murgheboluc, near Geelong, where their wives and families joined them from Norfolk, England, in 1849, arriving on the Panama. [1]
Death:Sep 9 1922 - Linton, Victoria
Parents: Francis Webster Beckham, Mary Ann Caley
Husband:George Thomas Preston
Children:Theresa Preston, Rosetta Preston, Francis Preston, Priscilla Preston, George Thomas Preston, Francis Preston, Theresa Preston, and name of one more child
Siblings: Sarah Ann Dew Born Beckham, Diana Beckham, Thomas Beckham, Maria (Frances Ann Maria) Forrester Born Beckham, Francis Beckham, Elizabeth Ann Ponting Born Beckham, Daniel Beckham, Francis Beckham,Caroline Norman Born Beckham,Mary Ann Wright Born Beckham.
Family name | Given name | Age | Ship | Date arrived | Book no. | Page |
BECKHAM | MARY A K | 35 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | THOS | 17 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | MARY ANN | 15 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | SARAH ANN | 13 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | CAROLINE | 11 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | SUSANNAH | 7 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | MARIA | 5 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | DIANA | Inf. | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
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BECKHAM | MARY ANNE | 45 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | JAMES | 15 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | ELIZABETH | 13 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
BECKHAM | ANNE | 11 | PANAMA | 1849-08 | 4A | 152 |
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