Elizabeth Anna Reese
(1872-1961)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Franklin Beecher

Elizabeth Anna Reese 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 28 May 1872, Beaufort, , MON, WLS 1 4 5
  • Marriage (1): John Franklin Beecher on 26 Nov 1903 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA 1
  • Died: 23 Nov 1961, Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL at age 89 2 4 5
  • Buried: Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 5

   Another name for Elizabeth was Katie Reese.6

   FamilySearch ID: LDL9-HQL.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She immigrated Her 1910 census indicates she immigrated in 1881. in 1881 to New York, New York, NY. 7

2. Occupation: dressmaker in 1903 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 1

3. Newspaper: Reading Times: "J. Franklin Beecher, of Pottsville, formerly of this city, a draftsman with the Easton Steel Company, was married at Mahanoy City to Miss Elizabeth A. Reese, of Shenandoah.", 1 Dec 1903, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 3

4. Residence: on 1 Dec 1903 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 1 3

5. Census in 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 7 The 1910 census recorded at 523 N. 4th Street: Franklin J. Beecher, draftsman with a steel company, 32, living with wife Elizabeth, 37, as boarders in a household of Uriah Sultzbaugh, 59, and his wife Elizabeth, 42. Franklin was born in Pennsvylania, and his wife in Wales and she immigrated in 1881. They had been married 6 years and birthed no children by 1910.

6. Census in 1930 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL. 8 The 1930 census recorded John F. Beecher, 52, born in Wales, living with wife E. Ann, 57, born in Pennsylvania. [Error: census taker transposed their birthplaces.].

7. Census in 1950 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL. 9 The 1950 census recorded in an apartment at 605 North Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach: Franklin Beecher, 72, living with wife Elizabeth, 77. Their birthplace is blank.


Elizabeth married John Franklin Beecher, son of Harrison Hunsinger Beecher and Susanna Heim, on 26 Nov 1903 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA.1 (John Franklin Beecher was born on 16 Aug 1877 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 1 4 10 11 12 13, christened on 4 Nov 1877 in Reading: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Berks, PA,14 died on 14 Nov 1971 in Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL 12 13 and was buried in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 13.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMCR-G83 J Franklin Beecher and Elizabeth A Reese, 1903.

2 FamilySearch.org, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVN1-ZSS Elizabeth Anna Beecher, 1961.

3 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 1 Dec 1903, page 2.

4 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, Family tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130785105.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 105024. Earl Beecher. Father Frank Beecher. Mother Katie Reese. Spouse Margaret.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGQG-XFD Franklin J Beecher in entry for Uriah Sultzbaugh, 1910.

8 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/S16T-36Z John F Beecher, 1930.

9 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XK1-LHHZ Franklin Beecher Daytona Beach FL.

10 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255102; National Archives Film T9-1102; Page 444C.

11 Berks County Courthouse, http://www.berksregofwills.com/rdg_birth_search.asp.

12 FamilySearch.org, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVQC-H2 Death of Franklin Beecher, certificate 71345.

13 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130785129.

14 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 566. Berks, Reading, St. Luke's Lutheran Church, John Franklin Beecher.



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