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  1. Thomas EASTHAM: Birth: 5 Aug 1905 in 26 Bedford St, Preston, Lancashire, England, Great Britain. Death: 6 Aug 1905 in 26 Bedford St, Preston, Lancashire, England, Great Britain

  2. Lester EASTHAM: Birth: 29 Sep 1911 in Providence,Rhode Island,USA. Death: 13 Oct 1989 in Minneapolis,Hennepin,Minnesota,USA

  3. Albert Ianson EASTHAM: Birth: 1 Jun 1913 in South Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Death: 7 Jul 1979 in Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA

  4. Margaret Elizabeth EASTHAM: Birth: 15 Apr 1921 in South Attleboro,Bristol,Massachusetts,USA. Death: 13 Apr 1981 in Santa Clara,Santa Clara County,California,USA

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Sources
1. Title:   Cathleen Ellen Egan Brown's baby book
Author:   Margaret Elizabeth Eastham Egan
Publication:   abt 1943
2. Title:   Birth Certificate for John Moses Eastham
Publication:   <a href="http://www.EASTHAMS.ORG.uk/pictures/Birth%20Certificate%20for%20John%20Moses%20Eastham.jpg"> Birth Certificate for John Moses Eastham</a>
3. Title:   Cook County, Illinois Death Index
Author:   Cook County Clerk
Publication:   Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk�s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008
4. Title:   1891 British Census for Thomas Eastham (1851)
5. Title:   Thomas Eastham (1851) Census British 1901
Publication:   Source information: RG13/3954 Registration district: Preston Sub-registration district: St John ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Folio: 106 Page: 2 Household schedule number: 3
Text:   1901 England Census Name Age in 1901 Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
  Edith Ellen Eastham 13 Preston, Lancashire, England Daughter Preston Lancashire Elizabeth Eastham 26 Preston, Lancashire, England Daughter Preston Lancashire James Ianson Eastham 22 Preston, Lancashire, England Son Preston Lancashire John Moses Eastham 19 Preston, Lancashire, England Son Preston Lancashire Margaret Ann Eastham 47 Preston, Lancashire, England Niece Preston Lancashire Margaret Ann Elsie Eastham 7 Preston, Lancashire, England Daughter Preston Lancashire Thomas Eastham 49 Preston, Lancashire, England Head Preston Lancashire Thomas Eastham 11 Preston, Lancashire, England Son Preston Lancashire
6. Title:   John Moses Eastham 1920 US Census
Publication:   Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Pawtucket Ward 5, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T625_1675; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 696.
Text:   Name/Relation/Sex/Color/Age/Status/Immigration/Birth Local/Fathers Birth/FathersTongue/Mothers Birth/Occupation
  Eastham,John M/Head/M/W/38/M/1909/England/England/England/Machinist Eastham,Margaret/Wife/F/W/37/M/1910/England/England/England/None Eastham,Lester/Son/M/W/8/S/Rhode Island/England/England/None Eastham,Albert I/Son/M/W/6/S/Massachusetts/England/England/None Eastham,Dorothy/Dau/F/W/4/England/England/England/None Date: 7 Jan 1920
7. Title:   John Moses Eastham 1930 US Census
Publication:   Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 474; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1371; Image: 471.0
Text:   1930 United States Federal Census about John Eastham Name: John Eastham Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Age: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1882 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Margaret Race: White
  Household Members: Name Age John Eastham 48 Margaret Eastham 48 Lester Eastham 18 Albert Eastham 16 Dorothy Eastham 16 Margaret Eastham 9 Thomas Eastham 6
8. Title:   John Moses Eastham & Margaret Marsden Marriage Certificate
Text:   Picture

Notes
a. Note:   e six years old, his father took him by the hand, led him to the front door of their big and lovely home, opened it and deposited little John on the front step. Then he said to the little boy, "Go find a job now, and don't come home until you have found one. (This was an era when children worked, but I find it odd that Great-Grampa did not do the usual thing, which was to search for a good "master" for his son, bargain for terms, and then to apprentice him out for a specific period.)
  BIOGRAPHY: Whether he meant it literally or not, little John took him literally. He spent at least two days looking for work, and for two nights he slept wherever he could find shelter. I vaguely remember being told that he was allowed to sleep on a shelf under a counter somewhere. Finally he found a job as a printer's devil, at the paltry pay of 1 or 2 pence per week. He returned home with the good news, and learned that his pence would be handed over to his father each week. Whether Grandpa felt bitter about this or not, I do not know, but his daughter Margie would relate with a definite distaste that "Your Great Grampa just doted on his daughters, but he made your grandfather go to work!"
  BIOGRAPHY: I do not know what level of education Grampa had or what other work he did as a young man. His youngest son, my Uncle Tommy, told me that "He was in line to the next beadle of St. George's, but he didn't feel that he was religious enough for that. He wanted to be a butcher!" And in America, he was a butcher. Keep in mind that he could have inherited the position of beadle, which came with a respectable guaranteed salary, robes of office, and a position of significance within the community. Grampa, apparently, was something of a rebel!
  BIOGRAPHY: Later in life, he met and fell in love with the daughter of an impoverished family. When he told his well-to-do and highly respected father of his intention of marrying Miss Maggie Marsden, he was told in no uncertain terms that he would be disinherited and disowned. The rebel nature revealed itself again as John and Maggie eloped and went to London. There they made a decent living selling Maggie's wonderful fish and chips in Piccadilly Circus. Somewhere along the line they decided to emigrate to Australia. Grampa had lung problems, and the warmer weather of Australia probably sounded beneficial, and the country was new and wide open -- a man could make his fortune!
  BIOGRAPHY: They took ship for Australia, stopping over in New York to transfer to another ship. They had a layover of a couple of days during which to rest and sightsee. Gramma, a superstitious lady, visited a fortune-teller during this layover, and was horrified when the medium informed her, "You are going on a long ocean voyage, and your husband will not live to see your destination!" That did it. Gramma was nothing if not stubborn! She dug in her heels and absolutely refused to get back on the ship!
  BIOGRAPHY: We next find them in South Attleboro, Massachusetts, where my mother was born. I do not know how long they lived there, or even why they chose Massachusetts, though I think it very intriguing that the only town named EASTHAM in the United States is not far from South Attleboro, Massachusetts! Did they perhaps have relatives there? Or did it just sound auspicious?
  BIOGRAPHY: They did make at least two trips back to England. My Aunt Dorothy remembers living in England, and tells the story about her little brother Albert who wouldn't talk. They were beginning to think there was "something wrong with him", when one day they heard him rattling fluently along in French! Turned out that his best friend, who lived next door, was a French boy, and Uncle Albert had been soaking up the French spoken in his home!
  BIOGRAPHY: When they did finally settle, it was in Chicago, Illinois. Again, I do not know their reasons for choosing that location, especially because Gramma's sister and at least one brother had settled far to the north in Toronto, Canada.
  BIOGRAPHY: They lived in a typical house on School Street. They owned the home having paid $9,500 for it. I remember the house -- tall and narrow, made mostly of wood with a brick "English Basement" that was half above ground. This basement was often rented to boarders. There was an attic that was great fun to play in. There was a wooden back porch with a porch swing, all overlooking a small back yard bounded by a fence. I remember the smell of the old paint and being able to see a lot of other identical porches on either side of our yard. Very urban! It was a friendly street where all the neighbors knew one another and visited together frequently. Summer evenings were the time for everyone to sit out on the front porches and call to one another or wander over to one anther's yards. Noisy gangs of kids with glass jars would chase fireflies from one yard to the next. I remember flowers blooming in every tiny front yard, and usually short little fences with creaky front gates would surround the precious plants. The evening scents were lovely. Mom had lots of wonderful memories of School Street, and it is easy to understand why.
  BIOGRAPHY: Grampa was from all accounts a remarkable and extremely likable man. Mom used to fondly remember how she and her siblings would bring friends home for dinner or a little visit, and years later -- long after she and her siblings were grown and gone -- they would come home to find their old friends sitting in the kitchen visiting with Grampa! He always had a smile, a joke, and a friendly word. When he died, his funeral was attended by crowds of people, all of whom had nothing but kind and loving words for him. My sister remembers him clearly, and absolutely adored him. She said he was the warmest, kindest and most patient person she ever knew other than our own mother (who, by the way, was said to have been Grampa's "pet"). Mom loved him with all her heart and always called him "Pop".
  BIOGRAPHY: Grampa loved gadgets. He was the first one in the neighborhood to have a crystal radio, the first one to have a regular radio, the first one to have a car, the first one to have a television, etc. In fact, during the Depression, theirs was the only telephone for blocks around. So many people used Grampa's number on job applications, and so many people came to the door asking to use it to call on potential jobs, that Grampa finally couldn't keep up with the phone bill and actually had the regular phone removed and a PAY PHONE installed in his kitchen!
  BIOGRAPHY: I hope other family members will add stories about Grampa. I wish I had known him -- he sounds like a wonderful person.
  BIOGRAPHY: Susan Egan Wyatt Alpharetta, GA June 29, 1999
Note:   BIOGRAPHY: The family story goes that when Grampa was a mer

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