Margaret Parker Beecher ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L62G-2WM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ³ Edward Beecher, agent advertising, 40, was living with wife Mae B., 40; Elizabeth, 5; Marian, 4 years and 1 month, and Margaret, 1 year 4 months when the census was recorded on 8 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Missouri, except Mae's father was born in Ireland, and her mother in Kentucky. They were renting the home at 634 Scott Ave.

2. Census in 1930 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ² Edward Beecher, president own advertising co., 51, was living with Mae B., 50. Edward was 26 when he married, when she was age 25. With them: Elizabeth, 15; Mariann, 14; and Margaret, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Missouri, except mae's father was born in North Carolina. They owners the home, worth $25,000, at 419 E. Argonne.

3. Census in 1940 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded owning a $15,000 home at 419 Argonne Drive: Edward Beecher, president advertising agency, 61, living with wife Mae, 60; daughter Margaret, copywriter advertising agency, single, 21; daughter Elizabeth Pierson, 25; and granddaughter Patricia Pierson, 1, born in Ohio. All others were born in Missouri.

4. Newspaper: Post-Dispatch: Beecher - Heitzeberg Wedding Planned, 9 Jul 1944, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁹ INFORMAL announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Margaret Parker Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beecher, 419 East Argonne drive, to Capt. Charles Gordon Heitzeberg. Capt. Heitzeberg, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Heitzeberg of New York, formerly lived in Kirkwood. He is on the General Staff Corps at Washington. Mr. Beecher will accompany his daughter East for the wedding, which will take place Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the chapel of Walter Reed Hospital. Miss Beecher will be unattended. Capt. Heitzeberg will have Capt. Gorden Beecher for his best man. After graduating from Kirkwood High School, Miss Beecher attended Washington University. Her fiance was graduated from Culver Military Academy.

5. Census in 1950 in Troy, Oakland, MI. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded Charles Heitzeberg, insurance salesman, 31, living with wife Margaret, 31; Elizabeth, 4; and Charles Jr., 1. The parents were born in Missouri, Elizabeth in Washington D.C. and Charles in Michigan.

6. Residence: on 20 Oct 1961 in Morristown, Morris, NJ. ⁵

7. Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mrs. Edward Beecher Moves, 23 Sep 1964, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ¹¹ Mrs. Charles Heitzeberg has returned home to Morristown, N.J., after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Edward Beecher. Mrs. Beecher, with her other daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Beecher Pierson, moved recently to 666 East Adams avenue from 419 East Argonne Avenue.
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8. Residence: 25 Hickory Place, Chatham, NJ on 12 Aug 1969 in Chatham, Morris, NJ. ¹²

9. Obituary: St. Louis Post Dispatch: obituary of Margaret (Beecher) Heitzeberg on 7 Oct 2006 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁷ Heitzeberg, Margaret (nee Beecher), on Fri. Oct. 6, 2006.
Beloved wife of the late Charles Gordon Heitzeberg; dear mother of Elisabeth Boone, Charles Gordon Heitzeberg , Jr. and Margaret Hayden; dear grandmother of Anthony Edward and Andrew Gordon Heitzeberg; daughter of the late Edward and Mary Ella Beecher; sister of the late Elizabeth B. Pierson and Marian B. Beatty. Services : Memorial Service 3:00 p.m. Tues. Oct. 10 at BOPP Chapel, 10610 Manchester Rd. (Kirkwood). Interment Private. Memorials appreciated to the Missouri Botanical Garden. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-heitzeberg-beecher&pid=19508075&fhid=6378#sthash.xjCBQELO.dpuf.

Margaret married Charles Gordon Heitzeberg Sr. on 29 Jul 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC.¹ (Charles Gordon Heitzeberg Sr. was born on 23 Aug 1918 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO ^{12 13} and died on 12 Aug 1969 in Morristown, Morris, NJ ^{12 13}.)