Locals enlisted at Gallipoli
A number of men from the Beecroft Cheltenham area served on Gallipoli.
A number of men from the Beecroft Cheltenham area served on Gallipoli.
Joseph Andrew Lovell the son of a wealthy Ryde orchardist, George Lovell, moved to Beecroft in 1890 with his wife Isabella (née Franks) and their
John Lutherborough was born in 1843, a member of an old Wesleyan Methodist family of Pennant Hills where his father, William worked as a sawyer. John
Augusta was born on Christmas Day 1875 in Waverley Sydney to Benjamin Quiddington Poole and Clara Ann (nee Wonnocott). Her father was a quarryman and
Edward Maher, son of Irish-born James Maher, a convict who arrived in the colony in 1816 on a seven-year term. James Maher became a sawyer
Ernest Martin was the son of William Arthur Martin (born 1854), who was the grandson of Mary Martin who had lived on the Field of
Mary Martin, (1793-1857) was the daughter of John Randall and Mary Butler. As she is identified as living in what is now known as Beecroft
Eliza and Frederick Mason with their six adult sons and daughters left Wolverhampton, England, in the 1880s and made their home on the newly subdivided
Charles McKern, son of Irish-born parents, was born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1859 and grew up in that suburb. In 1882 he married Emily White,
The following is information known about memorial seats and signs in Cheltenham and Beecroft that are not buildings (like the Vicars Memorial Hall at Beecroft
Peter Stace’s story ‘That Fabulous dog called Jip’ In 1954 the Stace family moved from Guildford to 15 Fiona Road, Beecroft. There were five children:
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