Emil Robert BEECK

1832 - 1914  (82 years)

• Name	Emil Robert BEECK
  Birth	1832	Posnan, Poland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	481AF62548D94049BF4CE548403E3DA4BEC9
  Death	22 Jan 1914	Katanning, West Australia
  Person ID	I113	Boxers
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2011

  
  

  Father	George August BEECK,   b. 1811, Posnan, Poland d. 17 Apr 1856, South Australia (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Johann Christiane Elizabeth LAKOSKE,   b. 1812   d. 5 Feb 1875 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1831
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hermine Maria BORMANN,   b. 1836, Posnan, Poland d. 23 Sep 1914, Katanning, West Australia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1856	Lobethal, South Australia
  Children	1. Ottilie Maria BEECK,   b. 15 Apr 1857, Lobethal, South Australia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Gustav Adolph BEECK,   b. 1859, Lobethal, South Australia d. 4 Apr 1937, Katanning, West Australia (Age 78 years)   3. Frederick Wilhelm BEECK,   b. 26 Oct 1860, Lobethal, South Australia d. 3 Apr 1937 (Age 76 years)   4. Carl Ferdinand BEECK,   b. 14 Mar 1862, Lobethal, South Australia d. 24 Aug 1924 (Age 62 years)   5. Moritz Ernst BEECK,   b. 26 Sep 1864, Tweedale, South Australia d. 12 May 1949, Maracoonda, Near Katanning, Western Australia (Age 84 years)   6. Paul August BEECK,   b. 8 Dec 1866, Lobethal, South Australia d. 1 Dec 1934, Katanning, West Australia (Age 67 years)   7. Sophie Hermine BEECK,   b. 29 Sep 1869   d. 1955, South Australia (Age 85 years)   8. Emil Robert Benjamin BEECK,   b. 12 Oct 1871, Lobethal, South Australia d. 15 Nov 1942, Posnan, Poland (Age 71 years)   9. Anna Christiana BEECK,   b. 13 May 1873   d. 24 Sep 1945, Katanning, West Australia (Age 72 years)   10. Heinrich Otto BEECK,   b. 28 Jun 1875, Montaro, South Australia d. 21 Feb 1941, Katanning, West Australia (Age 65 years)   11. Johannes Alfred BEECK,   b. 4 Aug 1877   d. 17 Jan 1961, Gnowangerup, West Australia (Age 83 years)   12. Emma Lydia BEECK,   b. 16 Jan 1880   d. 25 Aug 1967, Katanning, West Australia (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  After marrying in 1856, Robert and his wife moved in with his mother (as his father had died only 4 months previously). In 1869 he and his growing family moved to Callington, a copper mining township on the Murray Flats. Later, in 1891 the severe droughts in South Australia prompted Robert and his son William to come to Western Australia to look at land. They were very impressed with the climate and potential and decided to take up land in the Katanning district. Robert had been afftected by sea sickness and so sent William back alone to South Australia to move the family. While Robert waited for his family to arrive he built a weatherboard house at 'Capemont'. Meanwhile William had informed the family they were moving to Western Australia and a clearing sale was held on 12 February 1892. The rest of the family consiting of Mrs Beeck, her 8 sons and 3 daugthers and their families sailed from South Australia on a ship named "South Australia", and arrived in Albany on February 1892. They brought with them all their wordly possessions, including livestock and equipment. Included among the implements was a stump jump plough which was the first to be used in the district, if not the state. The Beeck's settled in the district on the properties 'Capemont', 'Summerfield', 'Orange Grove' and 'Garden Valley'. Robert and his family played a major part in the formation of the Baptist Church in the district. The first Baptist chruch was formed at Capemont.