BEARD, Moses & Mary
1828 – 4 April 1891
1822 – 6 February 1896
Origin Tetbury England
Accompanying Family 2 sons and 1 daughter, John 8 1/2 yrs-Jane 5 1/2 yrs-Ernest 18 mths-Brother Cornelius, Sarah-Frederick and Sarah 6 mth
First settled in Northam
Occupation in Australia Farmer
CITY OF BRISTOL
Arrival Year 1857
Fremantle
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Brother Moses and Cornelius along with families - 5 children between them - head to Northam. They took up 60 acres to farm together, worked hard, took up 40 acres more. By 1879, they owned it all freehold and had employed a Bricklayer, 8 "ticket of leave" men and a shepherd
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