Elwood Herman Beechert ^{4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Elwood was Elwood Herman Beecher.^{2 10 11 12}

   FamilySearch ID: L6YT-H57.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹³ The 1910 census recorded Irvin Bechard, house painter, 27, living with wife Alva, 28; Elwood H., 5; and Leroy, 8 months old when the census was recorded on April 15, 1910. This was their first marriage, they were married for 8 years, and Alva had given birth to 5 children, but only 2 were alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1920 in West Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded Irwin D. Beecher, 38, living with wife Alva J., 34; Elwood H., 15; Leroy T., 10; and Eugene K., 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. He was confirmed Beecher, Elwood Herman, St. Marks Reformed Church on 28 Mar 1920 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹

4. Newspaper: Reading Times: Beecher-Mays, 29 May 1922, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹² One of the youngest West Reading couples who ever came to the court house were Elwood H Beecher, of 136 Cherry street, West Reading, and Catharine M. Mays, of 424 Penn avenue. Accompanied by their parents the couple came into the court house Saturday and secured the license. The prospective greeom is but 17 years of age, while his bride-to-be is 16.
Rev. Elmer L. Coblentz, pastor of Second Reformed church, performed the ceremony at 6 o'clock Saturday evening.
The couple are prominent in the social life of the younger set in West Reading. Mr. Beecher is associated with his father in conducting the Beecher garage at 4th and Penn avenue. On their return from the wedding trip they will go to housekeeping in West Reading.

5. Newspaper: Reading Times: Birthday Party Given in West Reading, 5 Feb 1927, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁴ Mr. and Mrs. Irvin D. Beecher's home in West Reading, was the scene of a surprise birthday party given in honor of their son, Leroy, who celebrated his seventh anniversary. Games were played and a delightful luncheon was served.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beecher, Mrs. Ivan Lotz, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Beecher and daughter Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Beecher, Esther Cremer, Mildred Stutzman, Mildren Irwin, Gladys Sponhower, Ruth Ledwor, Mildred Sieger, Robert Cremer, Leroy and Eugene Buchart, Vernon Buchart, Earl Lotz.

6. Newspaper: Reading Times: Catherine M. Beecher Suit for Divorce, 28 Apr 1928, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁵ Catherine M. Beecher, of Berkshire Heights, brought suit for divorce yesterday against Elwood Beecher, of West Reading, alleging infidelity.

7. Newspaper: Reading Times: Divorce Okehed For Brick Tossing Wife, 10 Aug 1928, Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁶ Testimony that she threw a brick through a glass door of their home to gain entry when her husband entertained another woman there obtained for Mrs. Catharine M. Beecher, of Berkshire Heights, a master's recommendation for divorce from Elwood Beecher, 136 Cherry st., West Reading.
Mrs. Beecher, according to the master's report filed yesterday, also threw a brick through the windshield of the sedan that transported the merrymakers from their home. They were married May 27, 1922, and parted January 7, 1928.

8. Census in 1930 in West Reading, Berks, PA. ¹⁷ The 1930 census recorded Irwin D. Beacher, 45, living with wife Alva T., 48; Elwood H., 25; Leroy I., 20; and Eugene C., 18.

9. Census in 1940 in Highland Park, Wayne, MI. ¹⁸ The 1940 census recorded at 209 Connecticut Ave: Elwood H. Beecher, gear cutter in an auto manufacturer, 36, living with wife Ella C., waitress, 32; and son Edward A., 11. Elwood was born in Pennsylvania, the others in Michigan. They were living in Highland Park 1935.

10. Newspaper: Wilkes-Barre Record: Miss Sophia Kalinoski is Bride of Elwood Beechert, 29 Nov 1944, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. ⁵ Mrs. Pauline Kalinoski, 88 St. Mary's Street, Plains, announces the marriage of her daughter Sophia to Elwood H. Beecher of Detroit, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Beechert.
The marriage took place in Holy Savior RC Church, Detroit, on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Beechert is a teacher in the Cotton Avenue school, Plains Township. Mrs. Beechert is associated with Chrysler Motors at Detroit.

11. Census in 1950.

12. Census in 1950 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ¹⁹ The 1950 census recorded at 6415 Townsend Street: Elwood Beechert, union stewart in auto part factory, 40, living with wife Sylvia, grade teacher in public school, 38. They were born in Pennsylvania.

13. Residence: on 24 Dec 1980 in Eastpointe, Macomb, MI. ⁷

Elwood married Ella Caroline Sey, daughter of Alexander C. Sey and Sophia Mezo, on 18 May 1934 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.^{1 2} (Ella Caroline Sey was born on 13 Oct 1908 in , , MI ¹⁸ and died on 11 Oct 1976 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.)

Elwood next married Katherine Mary Mays, daughter of William Jacob Mays and Helen Mary Summons, on 27 May 1922 in Reading: Second Reformed Church, Berks, PA.^{1 3} The marriage ended in divorce on 10 Aug 1928. (Katherine Mary Mays was born on 12 Dec 1905 in West Reading, Berks, PA,^{20 21 22} died on 28 Feb 1961 in Reading, Berks, PA ^{20 22} and was buried on 4 Mar 1961 in Sinking Spring: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Berks, PA ^{20 22}.)

Elwood next married Sophia L. Kalinoski, daughter of Kazmierz Kalinoski and Pauline Kazanecki, on 23 Nov 1944 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.^{4 5} (Sophia L. Kalinoski was born on 24 Mar 1910 in Plains, Luzerne, PA,^{4 23 24} died on 27 Mar 1981 in Eastpointe, Macomb, MI ^{23 24} and was buried in Detroit: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wayne, MI ²⁴.)