Mary Ann Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Mary were Mary Ann Beacher ⁶ and Maime Chambers.⁸

   FamilySearch ID: LD3D-H8J.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ⁶ Owning the home at 237 South First Avenue was Paris Beacher, 43, born Dec 1856, who was married for 16 years, but his wife isn't listed. With him: daughter Mary, 18, Nov 1871 [should be 1881], single; Herbert, 16, Apr 1884; Edward, 14, Apr 1886; Norman, 12, Dec 1887. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Also with them: housekeeper Catherine Pension, 28, born in Ireland; her daughter Mary, 7; and her son Joseph, 5.

2. Census in 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded at 540 Chester Street: Charles F. Chambers, tanner in tannery, 33, living with wife Mary A., 36; Barbara M., 8; and Elsie M., 5. Also in the home is boarder Elsie M. Ressler, examiner in umbrella factory, 28; and her daughter Evelyn Ressler, 3 years and 5 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Charles' parents were born in Germany.

3. Census in 1930 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded at renting at 540 Chester Street: Charles Chambers, yard man lumber yards, 42, living with wife Mary A., 43; Barbara M., 18; and Elsie M., 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1940 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹¹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 540 Chester Street Samuel Keenan, silk weaver silk mill, 36, living with wife Elsie, 25; son James Park Keenan, 1; and mother-in-law Mary Chambers, widowed, domestic for private family, 55.

Next door renting at 538 Chester Street is Mary Chamber's other daughter, Barbara May, 28, living with her husband, Vincent Good, printer, 30, son Vincent Charles, 7; daughter Gloria May, 6; and daughter Dolores Ann, 5.

Everyone was born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same place in 1935.
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5. Residence: on 6 May 1960 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁸

6. Cause of Death: coronary occlusion due to arteriosclerotic heart disease, 9 Jun 1968, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

7. Residence: 246 1/2 S. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA on 9 Jun 1968 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴

8. Obituary: Intelligencer Journal: obituary of Mary A. Beecher Chambers on 10 Jun 1968 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁵ Mrs. Chambers Dies At Age 85
Mrs. Mary A. Beecher Chambers, 83, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Keenen, 246 1/2 S. Queen St., with whom she resided. Death followed an illness of two months. The widow of Charles F. Chambers, she was born in Coatesville, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Paris Beecher, and was a resident of Lancaster for the past 50 years. Besides her daughter, Elsie, the wife of Samuel Keenen, with whom she resided, she is survived by one brother, Edward Beecher, Coatesville; one half-brother, Joseph Pension, Coatesville; one step-brother, James Beecher, Coatesville; three step-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Jackson, Springfield, Pa.; Nora, wife of Paul Smith, Wilmington, Del., and Edna, wife of Richard Marsh, Coatesville; 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Mary married Charles Frederick Chambers, son of Godfried Chambers and Mary Guyer, on 30 Jul 1910 in Carroll, Maryland. (Charles Frederick Chambers was born on 23 Aug 1886 in , Lancaster, PA,^{7 12 13 14} died on 23 Sep 1935 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ^{7 13 14} and was buried on 25 Sep 1935 in Conestoga Twp.: Conestoga Centre Methodist Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA ^{13 14}.)