Jesse Beecher
(1821-1880)
Elisabeth Trostle
(1829-1892)
Jacob Creek
(1841-1927)
Delila Cortwright
(1844-1912)
William Peter Beecher
(1866-1939)
Louella May Creek
(1869-1937)
Opal Marie Beecher
(1900-1977)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Howard Williams
2. Gordon D. Fernside

Opal Marie Beecher 1

  • Born: 19 Oct 1900, Hartford City, Blackford, IN 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Howard Williams on 14 Nov 1917 in , Blackford, IN
  • Marriage (2): Gordon D. Fernside
  • Died: 1 May 1977, , Bucks, PA at age 76 2
  • Buried: Ambler: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Montgomery, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LXM4-FQJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. 1 The 1910 census recorded renting at 418 Washington Street: Chester E. Beecher, backtender paper mill, 21, living with wife Edith S., 16; and Chester A., 0. They had been married 1 year. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

On the same census page at 718 Water Street is Chester's father, William P. Beecher, millright in paper mill, 43, with wife Lewella M., 41. They had been married 21 years and she had birthed 7 children, 6 alive in 1910. Living with them: Ruth J., 11; Opal M., 9; William R., 6; and Watson H., 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

2. Census in 1920 in West Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. 3 The 1920 census recorded William Beecher, machiinist in paper mill, 55, with wife Luella, 53; Ruth, stenographer, 20; William, laborer in paper mill, 17; Watson, 12. Also in the home is Opal Williams, 19; Opal's daughter Helen Williams, 1 year 1 month; Watson P. Vance, 38; Alta Vance, 29; Thelma Vance, 11; William Vance, 9; and Pauline Vance, 1 year 5 months. Everyone was born in Indiana except the elder William, Helen, and Pauline were born in Pennsylvania.


Opal married Howard Williams, son of Charles S. Williams and Mary Alice Hudwell, on 14 Nov 1917 in , Blackford, IN. (Howard Williams was born on 25 Feb 1896 in , Blackford, IN,4 5 died on 22 Jan 1969 in Fort Wayne, Allen, IN 4 and was buried on 24 Jan 1969 in Eaton: Union Cemetery, Delaware, IN 5.)


Opal next married Gordon D. Fernside. (Gordon D. Fernside was born on 30 Jan 1884 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,6 died on 1 Dec 1923 in West Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA 6 and was buried on 5 Dec 1923 in Norristown: Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery, PA.)

Sources

1 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKL1-BTY Chester E Beecher, Hartford Ward 4, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374353.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112713781.

3 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: West Conshohocken, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1606; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 190; Image: 794.

4 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J18M-GM2 Howard Williams, January 1969.

5 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 69-004230. Howard Williams. Father Charles S. Williams. Mother Mary Alice Hudnall. Informant Betty J. Kerr, daughter.

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.), Certificate 127541. Gordon Fernside. Father John Fernside. Mother Margaret Gordon.


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