Birth

17 Mar 1922
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Christening

27 Apr 1922
Wesley Central Hall, Fratton, Hampshire, England

Death

21 Dec 1995
23 El Toro Street, Sedgefield, Mossell Bay, Cape, South Africa

Biography

Edward (Ted) Beacham was born on 17 Mar 1922 at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

He was the son of Edward Norman Beecham and Edith Mary Ann Churchill.

He was christened on 27 Apr 1922 at Wesley Central Hall, Fratton, Hampshire, England.

He immigrated from Bermuda to Liverpool, England on 13 Aug 1936 aboard Arica.

His occupation was Storeman, Royal Navy Armaments Department (1942).

He immigrated from Glasgow to South Africa on Myrmidon on 7 Aug 1942.

He married Cynthia Mary Low on 19 Feb 1944 at Durban, Natal, South Africa. Cynthia Mary was the daughter of William Cruickshank Low and Williamina Mary (Minnie) Diack. She was born on 9 Feb 1923 at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died in 1971 at Empangeni, Natal, South Africa.

They had 2 children: Living and Living.

He immigrated from South Africa to 286 Highbury Grove, Cosham, Portsmouth on 6 Aug 1946 aboard Arundel Castle.

He immigrated from Southampton to Cape Town, South Africa on 17 Apr 1947 aboard Carnarvon Castle.

He married Wilhelmina Fredrika Steenkamp on 18 Mar 1972. She was born on 25 Feb 1920. She died in 1949 at Transvaal, South Africa.

He died on 21 Dec 1995 at 23 El Toro Street, Sedgefield, Mossell Bay, Cape, South Africa at the age of 73.