The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn Beckett
Birthca 1833, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire, England
Death1916, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
FatherRichard Beckett (ca1807-1897)
MotherAnn Hill (ca1807-1883)
Misc. Notes
Name, deceased before 1931, from Obituary of daughter’s father-in-law, Mr. William Radnidge, as published in Cessnock Eagle, 20 October 1931, and found in November 2023:
…He married a daughter of the late John Beckett, of Lamb's Valley…

Year and place of birth, immigration details, year and place of marriage, year and place of death, from Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023:
https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccor.../I41893/John-Beckett
Name: John Beckett
Birth: about 1833, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Immigration: March 1849 (aged 16 years), Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Immigration Text: Assisted immigrants who arrived in NSW aboard the ship St Vincent in Mar 1849:
- Beckett, Richard, 42, farm labourer, native place Upwall, Cambridge England, son of Richard and Frances, mother living in Upwall Cambridge, Church of England, could read and write
- Beckett, Anne, 42, farm servant, a native of Parsondrove Cambridge England, daughter of James and Anne Hill, both dead, Church of England, could not read or write
- Beckett, Susan, 20, housemaid, native place, Parsondrove, Cambridge, Church of England, could not read or write
- Beckett, John, 16, farm labourer, native place Parsondrove Cambridge, Church of England, could not read or write
Marriage: To Esther Peak, 1854 (aged 21 years), Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Text: V1854769 41B/1854 BECKETT JOHN PEEK ESTHER CT at the Church of England, Maitland, Hinton, Hunter District, New South Wales, Australia.
Death: 1916 (aged 83 years), Cessnock, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Spouses
Birthca 1838, Yelling, Huntingdonshire, England
Baptism2 May 1841, Yelling, Huntingdonshire, England
Death1912, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
FatherThomas Peak (ca1812-1890)
MotherSarah Squires (ca1812-1858)
Marriage1854, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
ChildrenMary Ann (1857-1941)
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