Hi OlgaD,
This is a longshot I know, but my gr.gr.grandfather was a Thomas M. Beresford.
I have not been able to find his birth as I have insufficent information, and as he was washed overboard and his body not recovered, there was no death certificate.
He was born around 1845.
So, I am wondering if you know what happened to your Thomas Major Beresford?
Many thanks,
Bumbelina