Charlotte Cecelia Molina ^{2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Charlotte was Charlotte Cecelia Moline.^{1 6}

   FamilySearch ID: L813-SMG.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Note: There are no Molina families in Hollister in 1910 U.S. Census (went page by page searching), 1910, Hollister, San Benito, CA.

2. Arrival: 1928, in Monterey, Monterey, CA.

3. Newspaper: The Californian: Marriage Applications: BEECHER-MOLENA -- John Beecher, 22, native of Pennsylvania, and Charlotte Molena, 21, native of California, both residents of Monterey., 16 Mar 1929, Salinas, Monterey, CA. ²

4. Residence: on 16 Mar 1929 in Monterey, Monterey, CA. ²

5. Residence: Route 1 Box 220, Monterey. Beecher, Mrs. Charlotte, Housewife; Beecher, John H., Road Construction in 1930 in Seaside, Monterey, CA. ⁸

6. Census in 1940 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 675 Hayes Street in San Francisco: Charolette Beecher, 32, married, living only with her daughters, Kathaline, 10; and Eleanor, 8. They were living at the same address in 1935. Everyone was born in California. Charolette had no occupation.

7. Newspaper: Monterey Peninsula Herald, 4 Jan 1947, Monterey, Monterey, CA. ¹⁰ Young, Expectant Mother Sets Herself Aflame Here, Succumbs

Mrs. Eleanor Johnson, a 15-year-old mother expecting a second child, committed suicide today by setting fire to her kerosene-soaked clothes in the home of her mother, Mrs. John Beecher, Harding and Broadway, Seaside, the sheriff's sub-station reported.

Only a few months removed from the status of child bride, Mrs. Johnson made a human torch of
herself shortly before midnight, after she had returned home from a drinking party with four young companions, authorities reported. Seven hours later, she died at the Monterey County Hospital, after she told doctors treating her that she had committed suicide. She was transferred to Salinas after receiving emergency treatment at the Monterey Hospital.

THIRD DEGREE BURNS
Death was caused by third degree burns about the head, and on the arms, chest, thighs, side, and abdomen. Most of her brunette hair was burned off by the leaping flames.

The sheriff's office received a fire call at 11:59 pm. Arriving at the Beecher house, deputies found Mrs. Johnson lying on the floor between the bedroom and kitchen, suffering serious burns. Her father and husband, William, had discovered her condition and wrapped her in blankets in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

There was a partly-filled gallon jug of kerosene sitting on the floor near the kitchen table. The girl's mother, Mrs. Kathleen Beecher, said the jug had been almost füll earlier in the evening. The sheriff's sub-station said young Mrs. Johnson apparently poured part of the contents of the jug on her clothing, set the jug on the floor, and then struck a match to her clothing.

CLOTHES IN FLAMES
Investigators found kerosene spilled over the floor near the kitchen table.

With her clothes aflame, the girl apparently ran across the room and fell near the stove, on a rug which was found partially burned. From there, deputies deduced, she either walked or crawled to the point in the room where she was found.

Mrs. Johnson was taken home from the drinking party at approximately 11:30 p. m., according to companions' statements to authorities.

The girl's husband, William, had seen his wife after she arrived home and had gone across the street to talk to her father, John Beecher. It was when he started to return across the street that the flames were first sighted.

Mrs. Johnson, born in San Francisco, had lived In Monterey six months. She is survived by a daughter, Margaret, one year old; her husband; her father and mother, and a sister, Kathleen. Funeral services will be held at the T. A Dorney home.
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8. Census in 1950 in Seaside, Monterey, CA. ¹¹ The 1950 census recorded at 1427 Mingo Avenue: William J. Beacher [sic], 73, living with wife Emma, 66. They were born in Pennsylvania.
Living next door at Mingo & Darwin is Charlotte C. Beecher, divorced, houseworker in private homes, 42; her daughter Kathleen M. Cardinelli, 20; and granddaughter Margaret L. [surname originally recorded as Cardinelli but crossed out and replaced with Beecher], 4. They were born in California.
Next door on Darwin is crossed out: Arthur L. Beecher, 43, born in Pennsylvania, occupation "inmate in prison" followed by his wife, who is not crossed out: Viola P. Beecher, 34; her daughter Arlene M. 12; son Arthur L., 7; and son William E., 6. All were born in California.
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9. Newspaper: Sacramento Bee: Death of Filippi Molina, brother of Charlotte Molina Beecher, 7 Dec 1953, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. ¹² Coroner Identifies Pedestrian Victim
The coroner's office today identified the pedestrian victim of a Friday night accident as Filippi Molina of Louie's Camp at 1015 North B. Street. He was 65 years old.
Molina died in the Sacramento Hospital after being hit by a car driven by Elsie Mae Ramsey of Route 3, Box 1177K.
Miss Ramsey told the police she saw the victim walking in front of her car too late to avoid hitting him. Molina was pulling a small wagon.
The coroner's office named the only survivor as a sister, Mrs. Charlotte Beecher of Seaside.

10. Residence: in 1982 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, CA. ¹³

11. Obituary: The Californian: obituary of Charlotte C. Beecher on 6 Oct 1982 in Salinas, Monterey, CA. ⁷ Charlotte C. Beecher of Salinas died Tuesday at Natividad Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was 75. A native of Hollister, she had been a resident of Monterey County since 1928. She is survived by one daughter, Kathleen Ford of Salisbury, Md.; one grand daughter, Margaret Baker of Salinas; two grandchildren; one great grandchild; and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Chapel of Seaside. Officiating will be the Rev. Michael Adams, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Mission Memorial Park, Seaside. Friends may call at the Chapel of Seaside from 4 to 8 p.m.

Charlotte married John Henry Paul Ward Beecher Sr., son of William Jacob Beecher Sr. and Emma A. Youst, on 16 Mar 1929 in Monterey, Monterey, CA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (John Henry Paul Ward Beecher Sr. was born on 1 Apr 1908 in Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA ^{14 15 16 17} and died on 11 May 1986 in Medford, Jackson, OR ^{1 15 16}.)