Richard Henry THOMPSON + Dorothy Jane BEECROFT
Richard Henry Thompson was born about 1865 somewhere in England
- he emigrated to West Australia via America and became one of the first settlers in Subiaco. He was a founding member of the Pinjarra? Trotting Club. He was the first man to put a cold storage room in a butchers shop in West Australia
- he married Dorothy Jane BEECROFT in 1901 in Fremantle
they had:
Madge Sellars Thompson in Perth 1901
- she married Frank SMITH in 1923 in Beverley
Sydney Clement Thompson in Perth 1905
- he married Margaret EDWARDS in 1934 in Perth
Leslie Thompson in Perth about 1911
Frederick James Thompson in 1913 in Beverley, 136km west of Perth
- he married Elizabeth Winifred WORTHINGTON 1944 in Loch, Gippsland, Victoria AUstralia
- Elizabeth was born in Preston, Melbourne, a daughter of Arthur James WORTHINGTON & Cecilia Mary NEWCOMBE both of England who married in 1914 in Victoria Australia
- she had a brother Tommy Worthington (amongst other siblings) who left home pre teen and became a jockey
Gwendoline Thompson in 1917 also in Beverley
- I am told there was probably another daughter, possibly between Sydney and Leslie ..
I would like to find out EVERYTHING about these people ...
where in England were they from
the ships they emigrated in, the years etc
their spouses and children
please levae a comment if you can help
on 2010-05-30 10:10:19
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