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]
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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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