Thomas Kirkham was born in 1866 in Bendigo, Victoria, his wife in Pine Grove, Victoria, in 1879. They married in Victoria in 1895 (Marriage Registration 6774/1895). Their children were Harold Thomas born 1899 in Coolgardie; Ilene Marian born 1902 in Coolgardie; Hector Clarence born 1904 in Davyhurst. Jessie died on 4 July 1918 (Death Registration 10/1918, Coolgardie). Her husband died in 1938 in Swan.