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Thomas Beckham (1831 - 1885)

Thomas Beckham
Born in Norfolk, England, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 10 Aug 1858 in Geelong,Victoria,Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 53 in Jettcott, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Thomas Beckham was born on 22 May 1831 in Norfolk, England, son of Mary Ann (Caley) Beckham and Francis Webster Beckham.[citation needed]

His 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]


He married Elizabeth Ann Watmough on 10 August 1858 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.[2] Their children were:[citation needed]

Thomas died in 1885 in Jettcott, Victoria, aged 53 years.[3]

Research notes

No sources provided for children named in profile. More research needed.

Sources

  1. Public Records Office of Victoria - Search Terms: BECKHAM - Ship: PANAMA - Date Arrived: 1848 to 1850
    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
    - - - - - - -
    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
  2. Marriage record: 3396 / 1858. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
    (Thomas BACKHAM and Elizabeth WATMOUGH)
  3. Death record: 1899 / 1885. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
    (Name: Thos BECKHAM); (Place of death: U); (Age at death: 53); (Spouse at death: Ann WATMOUGH); (Mother: Mary Ann CALEY); (Father: Fras)




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