Clara Virginia Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L67B-GFQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Valley Twp., Chester, PA. ¹ Cyrus Beecher, 33, occupation heator, is living with Emmeline, 29; Clara, 9; Sarah, 7; and James, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Coatesville.

2. Census in 1870 in Valley Twp., Chester, PA. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Cyrus Beecher, works in rolling mill, 44, living with wife Emaline, 40; Clara V., 19; Sallie, 17; James, works in rolling mill, 13; Walter, 9; Mary, 6; and Lewis, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Penningtonville.

3. Census in 1880 in South Chester, Delaware, PA. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded John Keech, stone mason, 33, living with wife Clara, 28; and son James L, 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Chester, Delaware, PA. ² Cyrus Beecher, widowed, 73, born Jul 1826, was living in the household headed by his daughter, Clara Keech, 49, Feb 1851, who was with her children: James, 24, Feb 1876; Emma, 11, Dec 1888. Also in the home is boarder Laura Pancost, 29. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Residence: 840 Almond Street, Philadelphia, PA on 12 Jun 1906 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

6. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded at 3615 Marshall Street: James Louis Keech, police officer, 34, living with wife Maria, 34; daughter Clara, 2, and Mildred A., 12 months, and James' mother Clara Virginia Keech, 59, widowed. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Maria in England.

7. Census in 1920 in Chester, Delaware, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded Clara Keech, widowed, 68, living in the household of Andrew Lamont, 42, and his wife Clara, 33; and their daughter Jane, 6.

8. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis, auricullar fibrillation; contributory lobar pneumonia, 1 May 1928, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

9. Tombstone: Buried Section H Lot 111, 7 May 1928, Chester: Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware, PA.

Clara married John Keech. (John Keech was born in 1847 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA,^{3 7 10} died on 29 Jan 1899 in Chester, Delaware, PA ³ and was buried in Chester: Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware, PA ³.)