Charles Beck

Charles married Alice Byford on 21 Jun 1908 in Naseby, Central Otago, New Zealand. Alice was born on 2 Nov 1885 in Naseby, Central Otago, New Zealand; died on 15 Sep 1961 in Dunedin, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

...Both James and Eliza, before they were married, lived at Irish Street in Rich Hill. James was age 18 when he married and lived in Rich Hill, a post-town in that part of the Parish of Kilmore, which is in the Barony of O'Neiland West, County Armagh, 4 miles NE from Armagh and 64 miles NW from Dublin on the old road from Armagh to Belfast. Containing 937 inhabitants in 1837; the town is situated on the river Tallwater, in the heart of a rich agricultural and populous manufacturing district, and from its elevated situation has an interesting appearance.
...James and Eliza came out from Ireland to New Zealand, in the Jessie Osbourne, setting off on 6 November 1875, and arrived in Lyttleton on 30 January 1876. With them were: Annie, age 10; William, age 7; Margaret, age 4; and Thomas, age 3 months. (What happened to Margaret and Thomas? Were they the children that were reported sick and died on board the Jessie Osbourne?)
...James' cousins, Adam and Lucinda, and Aunty Ann (nee Falloon) were already in Christchurch having come out in 1873.

James married Eliza Jane Nisbitt on 2 Dec 1864 in Rich Hill, County Armagh, Ireland. Eliza was born in 1847 in Rich Hill, County Armagh, Ireland; died on 20 Feb 1885 in Naseby, Central Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 21 Feb 1885 in Naseby, Central Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eliza Jane Beck died 20 February 1886 at the age of 38, in Naseby. The death registry shows under Cause of Death "Verdict of Jury - Died from Heart Disease (Had been drinking).' Family tradition is that she died as a result of falling into the gutter outside the hotel.

Charles married Margaret Proctor. Margaret was born in 1813 in Rich Hill, County Armagh, Ireland; died on 17 Mar 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer, horse dealer

Notes:

1821 Census:
William Beck of Drumorgan, age 45
Eliza, age 36
Charles Ford, age 14
Elizabeth, age 7
William, age 6
Lucina, age 4
Anne, age 1
Jane Farland, age 43 House servant

William married Eliza _____. Eliza was born in 1785 in Rich Hill, County Armagh, Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Eliza Beck