Peerage Record – 28426

     Francis Joseph Becher was born on 1 January 1873 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.¹ He was the son of Reverend Michael Henry Becher and Philippa Catherine Jennings.¹ He married Antonia Amalie Vetter in 1905 at Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹ He died on 18 September 1947 at age 74 at Harvey, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹
     He was educated between 1882 and 1891 at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.¹ He was an orchardist at Harvey, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Antonia Amalie Vetter married Francis Joseph Becher, son of Reverend Michael Henry Becher and Philippa Catherine Jennings, in 1905 at Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹ She died on 26 July 1968.¹
     From 1905, her married name became Becher.¹

     Philippa Frances Becher was born on 13 January 1907.¹ She was the daughter of Francis Joseph Becher and Antonia Amalie Vetter.¹ She died on 14 July 1988 at age 81 at South Perth, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Rear-Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher was born on 13 September 1908.¹ He was the son of Francis Joseph Becher and Antonia Amalie Vetter.¹ He married Valerie Chisholm Baird in 1935 at Woolhara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He died on 15 June 1977 at age 68 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He fought in the Korean War.¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Australia.¹

     Valerie Chisholm Baird married Rear-Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher, son of Francis Joseph Becher and Antonia Amalie Vetter, in 1935 at Woolhara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ She died on 4 April 2004.¹
     From 1935, her married name became Becher.¹