John P. Gross
(1833-1901)
Jane E.
(1837-)
John Newton Gross
(1863-1950)
Hannah
Emma Jane Gross
(1887-1966)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Jr.

Emma Jane Gross 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 11 Nov 1887, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1 5
  • Marriage (1): Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Jr. in 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  • Died: 10 Oct 1966, , , NJ at age 78 4

   FamilySearch ID: KGDK-VDF.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6 The 1920 Census recorded at 5541 Greenway Avenue: Lorenzo H. Belcher [index mistake, handwriting looks like Beecher], 38, living with wife Emma J., 32; daughter Emma L, 6; father Lorenzo H. Belcher, 74; Jane E. Gross, grandmother, widowed, 82; and uncle Wm. H. Gross, 61. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: 5541 Greenway Ave, Philadelphia, Pa. On 21 May 1924 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 2

3. Census in 1930 in Haddonfield, Camden, NJ. 1 The 1930 Census recorded Lorenzo H. Beecher, 48, living with wife Emma J., 42; daughter Emma L., 16; and son Willard, 5. Also in the home: grandmother Jane E. Gross, 92. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Emma's father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in England.

4. Census in 1940 in Woodlynne, Camden, NJ. 7 The 1940 Census recorded Lorenzo Beecher, 58, living with wife Emma J., 52; daughter Emma L., 26; and son Willard N., 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1950 in Woodlynne, Camden, NJ. 8 The 1950 census recorded at 110 Cedar Avenue: Lorenzo H. Beecher, cloth sponger at clothing house, 68, living with wife Emma J., 62; and Emma's father, John N. Gross, 86. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 110 Cedar Ave., Woodlynn, NJ on 10 Oct 1966 in Woodlynne, Camden, NJ. 4

7. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Emma Beecher on 12 Oct 1966 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4 BEECHER
On Oct. 10, 1966, EMMA (nee Gross), wife of Lorenzo H., of 110 Cedar Ave., Woodlynn, N. J., age 78. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral service on Fri. at 2 P. M. at the Rilatt Funeral Home, 400 Clements Bridge Rd., Barrington, N. J. Int. Harleigh Cem., Camden, N. J. Friends may call Thurs. eve. at 7 P. M.


Emma married Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Jr., son of Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Sr. and Anna Plumb, in 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. (Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Jr. was born on 9 Apr 1881 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,9 10 11 12 13 died on 1 Sep 1968 in Barrington, Camden, NJ 10 12 13 and was buried on 6 Sep 1968 in Camden: Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ 12 13.)

Sources

1 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4DM-FVY Lorenzo H Beecher, 1930.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 55072. Ruth Larraine Beecher. Father Lorenzo Beecher Jr., mother Emma Gross.

3 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 23 May 1924, page 26. Obituary of Ruth L. Beecher.

4 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 12 Oct 1966, page 32. Obituary of Emma Beecher.

5 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VB1B-89H Emma J. Gross, 1887.

6 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1642; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 1499; Image: 60.

7 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K45F-YM9 Lorenzo Beecher, Wood-Lynne Borough, Camden, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-137, sheet 3B, family 57, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2323.

8 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9Y-7666 Lorenzo H. Beecher Woodlynne, NJ.

9 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 30-Ward Philadelphia, Series: T623 Roll: 1472 Page: 66.

10 U.S. Social Security Death Index.

11 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X553-SPL Lorenzo Henderson Beecher Junior, 1942.

12 Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey), 19 Sep 1968, page 41. Obituary of Lorenzo Beecher.

13 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=177911573.


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