Mary Ella Beecher ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: M83K-HJG.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 809 Church Street on 27 Jul 1895 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁵

2. Census in 1900 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded at 1231 E. Heald Street: Walter Beacher, works rolling mill, 37, born Jan 1863, living with wife Sarah, 35, Apr 1865; Julia A., 19, Oct 1881; Mary E., 16, Feb 1884; Walter C., 5, Jul 1895; and Howard F., 2, Aug 1898. The parents and Julia were born in Pennsylvania, and the others in Delaware. Walter Sr.'s parents were born in Germany. Sarah's parents were born in Ireland. Walter and Julia were married 20 years, and she had birthed 6 children, 4 still alive in 1900.

3. Census in 1910 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded Alfred Elliott, 28, born in Maryland, living with wife Ella, 25; William, 8; Lillian, 3; Bessie, 2; and Alfred Jr., 0. Also with them is father-in-law Walter Beecher, 42, born in Pennsylvania; brothers-in-laws Walter Beecher Jr., 16, and Howard Beecher, 11; and grandfather Cyras Beecher, widowed, 74, born in Pennsylvania. Everyone else was born in Delaware.

4. Census in 1920 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded Alfred W. Elliott, 37, born in Maryland, living with wife Mary E., 35; William A., 17; Lillian M., 14; Bessie G., 12; Alfred F., 9; Walter C., 6; Mary E., 2; and father-in-law Walter C. Beecher, widowed, 55, born in Pennsylania. Everyone else was born in Delaware.

5. Census in 1930 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded Alfred W. Elliott, 48, living with wife Mary E., 46; daughter Lillian M., 23; daughter Bessie G. Smith, 21; son-in-law Clifford Smith, 29; grandson Clifford Smith, 1; son Alfred W. Elliott, 20; son Walter C. Elliott, 16; and daughter Mary E. Elliott, 12. Everyone was born in Delaware except Alfred Sr. in Maryland.

6. Census in 1940 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded renting at 47 Norway Avenue: Walter C. Elliott, laborer pigment manufacturing company, 27, living with wife Mildred M., 26; son Charles W., 7; daughter Virginia L, 4; daughter Joan M., 2. Also with them is Walter's brother William Elliott, laborer pigment manufacturing company, 35; niece Edith V. Elliott, 15; niece Nellie Elliott, 14; and Walter's father Alfred Elliott, janitor in nursing home, 57 and his mother Ellen, 54. Mildred, Charles, and Alfred were born in Maryland, everyone else in Delaware.

7. Residence: on 5 Dec 1941 in Richardson Park, New Castle, DE. ⁴

8. Residence: 1911 West 10th Street, Wilmington, DE on 10 Apr 1955 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ¹¹

9. Obituary: The Morning News:obituary of Mary E. Beecher Elliott on 21 May 1966 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. ³ ELLIOTT -- In this city, on May 19, 1966. Mary E., wife of the late Alfred W. Elliott of Harlech Drive, Anglesey, daughter ot the late Walter and Sarah Beecher. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at fhe Mealey Funeral Home, 703 N. Broom Street, on Monday afternoon, May 23, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Sunday evening after 7 o'clock.

Mary married Alfred Wilmer Elliott, son of Alfred Elliott and Sarah E. West, on 16 Jul 1901 in , , DE.¹ (Alfred Wilmer Elliott was born on 4 Mar 1882 in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD,^{8 12} died on 10 Apr 1955 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE ^{11 12} and was buried in Wilmington: Silverbrook Cemetery, New Castle, DE ¹¹.)