Alexander Cooney
(1873-1956)
Anna Vernon
(1878-1975)
Edna Margaret Cooney
(1905-1995)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frederick Kent Beecher

Edna Margaret Cooney 1 2 3

  • Born: 15 Aug 1905, Madison, Jefferson, IN, USA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Frederick Kent Beecher on 14 Sep 1929 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN 1
  • Died: 23 Oct 1995, Madison, Jefferson, IN, USA at age 90 3
  • Buried: 25 Oct 1995, Charlestown, Clark, IN, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-PWQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Madison, Jefferson, IN, USA. 5 The 1910 census recorded at 633 Broadway Street; Alexander Cooney, cement contractor, 37, living with wife Anna, 31; and daughter Edna M., 4. Everyone was born in Indiana. Alexander's parents were born in Ireland, and Anna's father in North Carolina and mother in Kentucky. They were married for 6 years and she had birthed 1 child by 1910.

2. Newspaper: Kokomo Tribune: Marriage of Frederick Kent Beecher and Edna Margaret Cooney, 16 Sep 1929, Kokomo, Howard, IN. 2 The marriage of Frederick Kent Beecher of Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Beecher, 1125 North Courtland street, and Miss Edna Margaret Cooney, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Cooney of Madison, took place at the Downey Avenue Christian church in Indianapolis Saturday. The attendants were Herbert Rudduck of Misawaka, cousin of the bridegroom, and Miss Martha Hinshaw of Carmel, sorority sister of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher will make their home in Chicago, Mr. Beecher holding a position with the Motor Transit company. Both young people were graduated from Butler university in 1923. The bride is a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Mr. Beecher of the Kappa Delto Rho fraternity.

3. Census in 1930 in Chicago, Cook, IL. 4 The 1930 census recorded Kent Beecher, 27, living with wife Edna, 24. They and their parents were born in Indiana except Kent's mother was born in Kansas.

4. Residence: 609 Broadway Street, Madison, IN 47250 on 23 Oct 1995 in Madison, Jefferson, IN, USA. 3


Edna married Frederick Kent Beecher, son of Ulysses Simpson Grant Beecher and Ethlyn M. Thompson, on 14 Sep 1929 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN.1 (Frederick Kent Beecher was born on 6 Mar 1903 in Denver, Miami, IN,1 6 7 8 9 10 died on 3 Mar 1981 in Kokomo, Howard, IN 8 9 and was buried on 6 Mar 1981 in Kokomo: Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery, Howard, IN 8 9.)


Sources


1 Madison and Jefferson County Library, Indiana, History Rescue Project, Marriage Records, Grooms 1926-1935. http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue/records/marriage-records-grooms-1926-1935-a-.

2 Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, IN), 16 Sep 1929, page 6.

3 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Edna Cooney Luther Wake, b. 15 Aug 1905 Madison IN d. 23 Oct 1995 Madison IN father Alex Cooney mother Anna Vernon.

4 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSTW-WPT Kent Beecher, 1930.

5 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKP4-XZP, Alexander Cooney, Madison Ward 5, Jefferson, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 9A.

6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK53-ZC5 Grant Beecher, 1910.

7 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF72-VJP Grant Beecher, 1920.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64445952.

9 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 81-009180. Frederick Kent Beecher. Father Grant Beecher. Mother Linnie Thompson. Spouse/informant Jennie Hale Beecher.

10 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Frederick Kent Beecher b. 6 Mar 1903 Denver IN.



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