Macdonald Dictionary Record: John Thomas Beamish

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for John Thomas Beamish. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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B255
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B255
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B255
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Marks/Inscriptions: B. 255. Beamish, John Thomas (1842-1925) was born at the Acres , Co. Cork and arrived at N.Z. in and for years worked in railway construction . He left this work to go with the Moore Brothers to the Chat ham s Islands. He finally retired and settled at Rotherham , In 190 he had a butchers business there which Gor of Hawarden had formerly carried on. Hs retired from it in 1910. He was a churchwarden at Rotherham and a paton of all sports. He gave the land for the Rotherham, Hare and was the sole trustee of the building . Arthur Blakiston thinks he left the Chat hams when his brother married. He was evidently a relation of the Beam whos of the Chatham Is. He Ma d. , Rotherham , Ami 2.7.25 aged 83 wife Jansen d. 26.2.11 - 64 both bur. Rotherham Cem. LT. 7.7.25.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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