Experience has taught me that the vast majority of Beedhams are descended from, or related to, James Beedham and Margaret Bainbridge who lived in Claypole, Lincolnshire in the late 17th Century.
There is one family that, despite all effort I cannot discover their roots. I would be very grateful if anyone can help.
Alan
Details of this family group are as follows:
John William1 Beedham, born 9 Sep 1885 in Brighton, Sussex; died May 1963 in Cuckfield, Sussex. He married Eileen Saint, born 27 Jun 1897 in India; died Apr 1968 in Oundle, Peterborough, Northants.
(CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH ARMY TRAINING HORSES IN INDIA EARLY IN 20th CENTURY
SO WAS HIS OLDEST SON PATRICK
DERRICK WAS A FLIGHT LIEUTENANT IN THE RAF
JOSEPH (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JEFFREY) WAS A PILOT OFFICER & WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN 1940)
Children of John William Beedham and Eileen Saint were as follows:
i Patrick Beedham, born 1915 in India.
ii Joseph Jeffery Ian Beedham, born 1917 in India; died 7 Oct 1940. Notes: Pilot 245 Sqn Royal Air Force - Killed in Action. Burial Place: Glenavy, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Roman Catholic Cemetery - Plot 4, West Side, Grave 20 Inscription: In Memory of Pilot Officer JOSEPH JEFFERY IAN BEEDHAM 84943, 245 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 07 October 1940 Remembered with Honour
iii Derrick W Beedham, born 1918 in India. He married unknown.
iv June Eileen Beedham, born 15 Jun 1921 in India; died 2 Apr 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. She married William S Eliel.
Generation 2
Derrick W Beedham (John William), born 1918 in India. He married unknown.
Whilst serving with 616 Squadron at RAF Tangmere, on 23 June 1941, Derrick Beedham baled out over the English Channel and was later rescued.
On 25 January 1942 P.O. Derrick Beedham left Tangmere for the Middle East. (216 Squadron - Syria, Cyprus Egypt & the Western Desert)
Derrick, finished the war as a Flight Lieutenant
Children of Derrick W Beedham were as follows:
i Christopher Beedham.
ii Ian Paul Beedham.
June Eileen Beedham (John William), born 15 Jun 1921 in India; died 2 Apr 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. She married in 1944 William S Eliel, born 16 Dec 1919 in Los Angeles, Califorrnia, USA; died 27 May 1996 in Tulsa, Oklahoma,USA, son of Leon Eliel and Elizabeth Streeter.
Children of June Eileen Beedham and William S Eliel were as follows:
i Geoffrey Eliel.
