Coleman Nagle Beecher
(1844-1918)
Ellen C. Donagan
(1853-1919)
James Kerr
(1847-1902)
Isabella Brogan
(1847-1924)
George Bullock Beecher
(1882-1955)
Isabella Catharine Kerr
(1884-1974)
George Francis Beecher
(1907-1994)

 

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George Francis Beecher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 29 Nov 1907, Norristown, Montgomery, PA 1 3 4 5 6
  • Died: 6 Jul 1994, Norristown, Montgomery, PA at age 86 3 4
  • Buried: Norristown: St. Patricks Roman Catholic Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: L62L-Z87.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: 48 E. Chestnut St. in Norristown, Montgomery, PA.

2. Residence: 223 Elm St., Norristown, PA on 29 Nov 1907 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 6

3. Census in 1910 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 1 George B. Beecher, occupation steel plant, 28, was married for 3 years to wife Isabela, 26; George, 2; and Paul, 10 months when the census was recorded on 23 Apr 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except George's mother was born in New York, and Isabella's parents in Ireland. They were renting a house at 1026 Cherry St.

4. Census in 1920 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 2 George B. Beecher, clerk steel plant, 37, was with wife Isabella, 35; George F., 12; and Paul L., 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Isabella's parents in Ireland. They were renting a house at 48 E. Chestnut St.

5. Census in 1930 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 7 George B. Beecher, carpenter, 47, was with wife Isabella, 46; Georg, carpenter, 22; and Paul, chauffer taxi company, 20. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Isabella's parents in New Jersey. They were renting a house at 48 E. Chestnut St.

6. Census in 1940 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 8 The 1940 census recorded renting for $16 a month at 48 Chestnut Street: George B. Beecher, carpenter for construction company, 57, living with wife Isabella R., 53; son George L., carpenter, 32; and son Paul L., painter for boiler manufacturer, 29. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Occupation: Employer: Myers C. Beecher about 1940 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 5

8. He was described as 5' 9" 160 lbs., blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion about 1940 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 5

9. Military on 17 Feb 1943 in , , Pennsylvania, USA: WWII: Warrant officers. 9

10. Occupation: carpenter on 17 Feb 1943 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 9

11. Census in 1950 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 10 The 1950 census recorded at 48 E. Chestnut Street: George Beecher, building contractor carpenter, 67, living with wife Isabella, 66;
son George F., 42, never married, luggage maker in luggage factory; Paul L., 41, never married, painter for boiler manufacturer. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
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12. Occupation: 1951 Norristown City Directory: Beecher, George F., carpenter r 48 E Chestnut in 1951 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. 11


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Norristown Ward 6, Series: M624 Roll: 1379 Page: 12.

2 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Norristown Ward 3, Series M625 Roll 604 Page: 9.

3 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JB19-LMJ George F Beecher, 6 July 1994.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148441715.

5 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), George Francis Beecher, b. 30 Nov 1907, Norristown, PA.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1914, Certificate 176647. George Beecher b. 29 Nov 1907, father George Beecher, mother Isabelle Kerr.

7 1930 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Norristown Ward 3, Series M626 Roll 2083 Page 269.

8 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQC8-78D George B. Beecher Norristown PA.

9 National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), George F. Beecher.

10 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBG-ZLQ4 George Beecher Norristown PA.

11 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1951 Norristown City Directory, page 49, online image 28.



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