John Jacob Beacher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-2HS.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in East Norwegian Twp., Schuylkill County, PA. ¹² The 1900 census recorded renting at 18 South Nicholas Street: Agnes Beacher, 23, born Feb 1877, living with son John, 4, Oct 1896; and daughter Lillian, 2, May 1898. Agnes had been married 4 years and birthed 3 children, 2 alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in New Castle Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ² Thomas Beecher, miner, 36, was married for 15 years to wife Agnes, 32. She had birthed 8 children, 7 alive in 1910. With them: John J., 13; Lillian M., 11; Charles, 8; Edna, 5; Carrie E., 3; Agnes I., 2; and Sara L., 8 months old when the census was recorded on 21 Apr 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Military Draft: 5 Jun 1918, Detroit, Wayne, MI. ⁴ World War I Draft Registration Card
Serial No. 294
Name: John Jacob Beacher
Age: 21
Address: 538 Tennyson Ave., Detroit
Date of birth: October 20th, 1896
Where born: Broad Mountain, Pa.
Father's birthplace: Unknown Pa.
Employer: Packard Motor Car Co.
Gd. Blvd. Detroit Mich.
Nearest relative: Thomas Beacher, Pottsville, Pa. USA
Medium height, medium build, grey eyes, light brown hair.

4. Census in 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ¹³ The 1920 Census recorde John J. Beacker [indexed wrong in census] , 23, living with wife Beatrice, 22, and her sister Myrtle Miller, 28. They were boarders renting at 282 Hart Avenue in Detroit. John was employed as an inspector in an auto factory. Myrtle was line clerk in an auto parts factory. The Miller girls and their parents were born in Ohio, and John and his parents were from Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: Pottsville Republican: Mr. And Mrs. John Beacher and son, Thos., of Detroit, Mich., motored to Broad Mountain where they visited the Weller families, relatives of Mr. Beacher., 28 Jun 1928, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁴

6. Census in 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ¹⁵ The 1930 Census recorded living at 400 Lenox: John J. Beacher, gasoline station attendant, 33, living with wife Hazel, 32; and son Thomas A., 9. John and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Hazel and her parents were born in Ohio. Thomas was born in Michigan.

7. Arrival: 1932, in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ¹

8. Census in 1940 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ¹⁶ The 1940 census lists John J. Beacher, 43, born in Pennsylvania, living with wife Hazel, 42, born in Ohio, and their son Thomas A. Beacher, 19, born in Michigan.

9. Occupation: self employed at 209 N. Riverside Ave., St. Clair, MI on 27 Apr 1942 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ⁸

10. He was described as white, 5ft 7 3/4 inches, 175 lbs, light complexion, gray eyes, brown hair, scar on left forearm on 27 Apr 1942 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ⁸

11. Residence: 823 N 9th St.;, St. Clair, MI on 27 Apr 1942 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ⁸

12. Residence: on 16 Nov 1948 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ⁹

13. Census in 1950 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ¹⁷ The 1950 census recorded at 823 N. Ninth Street: John J. Beacher, manages pool room, 53, living with wife Hazel, 52. He was born in Pennsylania and she in Ohio.

14. Residence: on 23 Jan 1955 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ¹⁸

15. Newspaper: Times Herald: Also visiting in St. Clair recently was little John H. Beacher who was with his grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. John Beacher., 20 May 1956, Port Huron, St. Clair, MI. ¹⁹

16. Residence: 823 North Ninth St., St. Clair, MI on 7 Feb 1965 in St. Clair, St. Clair, MI. ¹

17. Obituary: Port Huron Times-Herald: obituary of John J. Beacher on 8 Feb 1965 in Port Huron, St. Clair, MI. ¹ John J. Beacher, 68, died Sunday in his home, 823 North Ninth Street, after a long illness. Mr. Beacher was born Oct. 20, 1896 in Broad Mountain, Pa. He came to St. Clair in 1932.
He and Hazel Miller were married July 5, 1919 in Ohio. Mr. Beacher is survived by his widow, a son, Thomas A. Beacher, Wayne; a brother, Charles Beacher, Detroit; and three sisters, Mrs. Lillian Sullivan and Mrs. Carrie Callaway, both of Pottsville, Pa., and Mrs. Cora Lloyd, Dear Lake, Pa.
Remains are in L. C. Friederrichs and Son Funeral Home.

John married Hazel Beatrice Miller, daughter of James Allen Miller and Catherine Elisabeth Laman, on 5 Jul 1919 in , , OH.¹ (Hazel Beatrice Miller was born on 20 Mar 1898 in Spencer Township, Allen, OH,^{13 16 20 21 22 23} died on 1 Sep 1988 in Wayne, Wayne, MI ^{20 24} and was buried on 3 Sep 1988 in St. Clair: Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, MI ^{11 24}.)