Beare Family Tree

BEARE Genealogy Pages (updated 10 Oct. 2006) - Click Here

I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Melissa Beare d'Or (an extra special thank you to Melissa), Andy Winter, Trish Beare, Lorna Winter, Ted Beare, Mike Healy, Alan Smithwick, Dawn Beare, Peter McCance, and Terrence O'Connor for supplying all of the information for this database. Without all of their hard work and contributions, this "tree" would still be a sapling! 

This will be an ongoing project, so if you spot a mistake or would like to make an addition, please click here to e-mail me.

The first Beare family to arrive in South Australia was Thomas Hudson Beare, and he travelled on the "Duke of York" from London with his wife Lucy Anne Loose Beare and five children. (He was to have a total of 18 children between two wives.) They landed at Kangaroo Island on July 27, 1836. History has it that their youngest daughter, named Lucy after her mother, was in fact the first white settler to set foot in South Australia! For more info please read:
Passenger Lists
Kangaroo Island History

While Thomas Hudson Beare was likely a distant cousin to "our" Beare line (the ones who settled in Victoria), he was not a direct ancestor. The first of our line of Beares to arrive in Australia was William Beare (John's grandfather). We have been unable to find an accurate date of arrival, but estimate it to be in the early 1850's.

With the help of Andy Winter of England, another Beare descendant (from the same line), we have been able to put together a family tree that reaches back 8 generations - to a Robert Bare born in the 1600's in Mettingham, England. Please Click Here to see the dates and names!

We're still very interested in tracing the connection between Thomas Hudson Beare (Kangaroo Island) and William Beare (Victoria), so please let us know if you have detailed information about the T. H. Beare ancestry and maybe we'll be able to "connect the dots". We're also interested in any info about Wm. Beare's arrival in Australia -- and information about the McCanse and Marks (Trish's surname) families (our next projects!)

• Many thanks also to cousin Ted Beare (son of John's brother Clarence), who along with Terrence O'Connor (whose family also comes from Lauriston, VIC) have sent in some wonderful Beare historical documents and pictures, plus info on the more recent Beare generations. Make sure you check out the PHOTOS page to see the pics!

Please email me - vicki@beareware.com - with any additions and corrections.