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| Margaret Mahoney and William Beecham, 1902 wedding | Jerry and John Beecham with their Grandfather William Beecham | Bill (William Joseph Jr.) a only child |
William Beecham, Sr.
My grandfather William Joseph Beecham b. 5-27-1872, came to the United States on May 6, 1893. He was one of the 559 Irish steerage passengers (number 9 on list) on the ship SS Germanic that sailed from Queenstown Ireland and landed in New York. He then went to Nebraska where his brother Tom Beecham and Aunt Bridget Beecham Moran had preceded him from Tipperary and settled in the town of Bruno in Butler County Nebraska.
On September 2, 1902 he married Margaret Mahoney in Brainard, Butler County, Nebraska. They moved to Palmyra, Otoe County, Nebraska. William brought and paid for land in Otoe County Nebraska just over 100 years ago in the North Palmyra Township.
The Beecham brothers in Ireland (spelled Beauchamp in the document) entered into a mutual agreement about the farm property and the care of their father who was still in Ireland in 1907. (See page one, page two of the "indenture".)
In 1908 William and Margaret took a trip to Ireland
to see relatives. They collected these
postcards on their
trip.
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| Margaret Mahoney and William Beecham, 1902 wedding | Jerry and John Beecham with their Grandfather William Beecham | Bill (William Joseph Jr.) a only child |
My great grandfather was also named William Beecham (1841-1914)
Items purchased by William Beecham, Sr. at Riordan's General Store in Clogheen: Ledger page 1 , ledger page 2
William's sister Brigid was the first Beecham to settle in Nebraska as best that can be determined at this time. Williams' sons William and Thomas sailed to the USA and settled in Nebraska, staying with their Aunt Brigid Beecham Moran when they first arrived. Their brother Pat would later cross the ocean to join them.
When Patrick and Michael Beecham were the only two sons left in Ireland with their father William in 1907 they had a legal agreement. Michael would stay in Ireland and take care of his father and in return would inherit the Beecham property. Michael stayed with their father William Beecham in Ireland until he died in 1914, shortly thereafter he left Ireland and crossed the seas to come to Nebraska, but held the property in Clogheen until the 1950's.
This is an interesting article written by Gaberial Sheridan, who had Beauchamps in Tipperary. He thinks that the Beauchamp's descend from John Beauchamp of County Carlow, "a Protestant who would claim to be from an English family (obviously Norman) that fought on both sides of the War of the Roses". The Margaret Anglin that Gaberial mentions in his narrative is listed close to a Mr. Beauchamp in the 1825 Tullaghorton Civil Parish Tithe Appointments.
Brandon Erickson's line of Beechams (pdf file) in Nebraska and South Dakoda has many similarities to this Beecham line, no connection so far.
