Margaret M. Tyson 2 3 4
FamilySearch ID: L6RM-HCP. Noted events in her life were: 1. Census in 1930 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. 3 The 1930 Census recorded Wm Beecher, widowed, 59, living with son-in-law Wilson Tyson, 33; his wife Eva (William's daughter), 33; and granddaughter Margaret Tyson, 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. 2. Census in 1940 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. 5 The 1940 census recorded William Beecher, widowed, 69, father-in-law, living in the home in South Pottstown at 58 West Main Street owned by Wilson D. Tyson, automobile mechanic at electric company, 43, and his wife, Eva M., 44; daughter Margaret M., 18, single; and son Donal R., 6. They were living in the same place in 1935. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. 3. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: Betrothal Announced of Margaret Tyson, 8 Mar 1948, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Wilson D. Tyson, 58 West Main street, South Pottstown, announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret M., to Mr. George F. Wanger, Rahn's Hill. He is the son of Mrs. Mary E. Wanger. 4. Obituary: The Mercury on 22 Mar 2013 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 2 MARGARET T. WANGER, 91, OF POTTSTOWN Margaret "Peg" T. (Tyson) Wanger, 91, of Sanatoga Ridge, Pottstown, widow of George F. Wanger, died Wednesday at Phoenixville Hospital. Born in Pottstown, PA, she was a daughter of the late Wilson Tyson and the late Eva (Beecher) Tyson. She worked as a telephone operator for the former Bell Telephone, Pottstown for 16 years, retiring in 1949. Margaret attended Berean Bible Church, Pottstown, and was a member of the Senior Circle, Pottstown. She is survived by a son, Randall Wanger and his wife, Peggy, Broomall; a daughter, Marian C., wife of Mark J. Shestok, Douglassville; four grandchildren, Kelly, wife of Paul Ripley; Michael Wanger and his wife, Gala; Lindsay Shestok, and Justin Shestok, and two great-grandchildren Aaron and Brendan Ripley. She was predeceased by a brother, Donald Tyson. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday from the Schumacher & Benner Funeral Home & Crematory, 359 King St., Pottstown. Officiating will be Reverend Jace Erb. Entombment will be in Limerick Garden of Memories. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Contributions may be made in her memory to Berean Bible Church 2675 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464. Arrangements are by the Schumacher & Benner Funeral Home & Crematory, at 359 King St. in Pottstown. Our web site exists to serve the friends and family of the deceased. Go to http://www.schumacherandbenner.com to extend sympathies and access additional service details. Margaret married George F. Wanger, son of John Abraham Wanger Sr. and Mary Emma Saylor, on 14 Apr 1948 in Chapel Hill, Orange, NC.1 (George F. Wanger was born on 8 Feb 1918 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, PA,7 8 9 died on 17 Jun 1999 4 7 8 and was buried in Limerick: Limerick Garden of Memories, Montgomery, PA 4.) |
1 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 16 Apr 1948, page 21. Marriage of Margaret M. Tyson and George F. Wanger.
2 The Mercury (Pottstown, PA), March 22, 2013. Obituary of Margaret T. Beecher Wanger.
3 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHDW-SSF Wm Beecher, 1930.
4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107070185.
5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ82-632 William Beecher, North Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; enumeration district (ED) 15-56, sheet 61B, family 567, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3465.
6 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 8 Mar 1948, page 6. Engagement of Margaret M. Tyson and George F. Wanger.
7 U.S. Social Security Death Index, George F. Wanger, SSN 178-03-6376.
8 Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.), George Wanger.
9 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1603; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 1073.
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