My grandfather William Joseph Beecham came to the United States on May 6, 1893. He was one of the 559 Irish steerage on the ship SS Germanic that sailed from Queenstown Ireland and landed in New York. He then went to Nebraska where his brother Tom Beecham and Aunt Bridget Beecham Moran had preceded him from Tipperary and settled inthe town of Bruno in Butler County Nebraska.

The Beecham brothers (spelled Beauchamp in the document) entered into a mutual agreement about the farm property and the care of their father who was still in Ireland in 1907.

On September 2, 1902 he married Margaret Mahoney in Brainard, Butler County, Nebraska. They moved to Palmyra, Nebraska. William brought land in Otoe County Nebraska.

In 1908 William and Margaret took a trip to Ireland to see relatives. They collected these postcards on their trip.

Margaret Mahoney and William Beecham, 1902 wedding		Bill (William Joseph Jr.) a only child