Hello Susie (and Chris), Many thanks for your creative searching and its results, which are extremely helpful.   I've been doing a little more digging myself.  Since your messages I put searches in the familysearch and ancestry.co.uk sites for BEACHIM and Australia - and found on familysearch an 1881 census listing of - Elizabeth C. BEACHIM   Head   W (i.e. widow)   Female   50   St Giles, Norwich, Norfolk, England         James BEACHIM   Son   U   Male   24   Melbourne, Australia   Cigar Maker      Alice BEACHIM   Daur   U   Female   20   Melbourne, Australia   Mantle Maker (Milliner)      Sarah BEACHIM   Daur   U   Female   16   Melbourne, Australia   Wool Embroidress    Dwelling   43 Royal Terrce   Census Place Newington, Surrey, England   Family History Library Film   1341122   Public Records Office Reference   RG11   Piece / Folio   0539 / 50   Page Number   6 AND Myrtle BEACHIM 18 is found as a General Servant in Dwelling   31 Arundel Street   Census Place London, Middlesex, England And in ancestry.co.uk in the Australian Electoral Roll database for 1856 I found BEACHIM, Zebidee Pryce in 93 Flinders Street East, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as a Book-keeper working for Nelson and Edelman of 44 Flinders Lane East, as a Book-keeper at a salary of £100.  Also on ancestry I found the Elizabeth family in Newington, London, in the 1871 census, which shows her married, a Butcher's Wife (Zebedee's father was a butcher) but no sign of Zebedee.  And I located Elizabeth's death in 1887.  I have James and John in the 1891 censuses but not the girls yet.  And I've just found Elizabeth and family returning to England on the Lincolnshire too - but I wonder where Sarah was, just missed off the list perhaps as she was only a baby. I'd seen the Beachim (or however it was spelt!!) entries but had discounted them because of the T and T.B. - I must view things a bit more liberally obviously when trying to find Zebedee after his return to England, and if indeed he did die between 1871-1891.  The search goes on.  Once again many thanks. Regards, Margaret in a wet Warwickshire. ________________________________ From: Susie Zada <szada@zades.com.au> To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 12:21:08 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] ZEBEDEE PRYCE BEACHIM Hi Margaret, With a little bit of creative searching using wildcards you'll find most of the answers here ... http://tinyurl.com/7acn6 using both INWARD and OUTWARD passengers ........... Jan 1853 - Tebedee BEECHAM, age 24 (obviously incorrect age) arrived on the ship "John Melhuish" 1859 - birth and death of child Zebedee registered (aged 9 days) Jun 1859 - Mr Z BEACHIM, age adult - sailed for Southampton on ship "Oneida" Jan 1860 - arrived, age 35, on ship "Southampton" 1860 - birth of child Alice registered Apr 1862 - insolvent - in Geelong gaol 1863 - birth of child Myrtle registered Nov 1864 - sailed for London on ship "Marco Polo" [shown as T B BEACHIM - most likely Z P BEACHIM] 1865 - birth of child Sarah registered Jul 1865 - Mrs Elizabeth sailed for London on ship "Lincolnshire" with children James (11), John (9), Alice (5), and Myrtle (3) It was quite normal for wife and children to travel on a different ship to husband. Regards ............. Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Smith" <emteefinders@btinternet.com> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] ZEBEDEE PRYCE BEACHIM Hello, Susie and Chris Thanks for your tips and information regarding Zebedee.. If he married Elizabeth MOORE before 1859 however, the Zebedee BEACHIM who's on the 1860 passenger list may not be the right one although the age is about right. (There seemed to be a lot of Zebedee BEACHIMs in Somerset which is where this Zeb's father was born.) But each little clue helps so thanks again. Margaret Warwickshire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District http://zades.com.au ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message