Goldie Viola Riggle
(1894-1977)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Ward Beecher

Goldie Viola Riggle 1 2

  • Born: 24 Mar 1894, Gilpin Township, Armstrong, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Charles Ward Beecher
  • Died: 28 Aug 1977, Leechburg, Armstrong, PA at age 83 2 3
  • Buried: Bagdad: Brookland Cemetery, Westmoreland, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: L6HC-MHD.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland, PA. 1 The 1920 census recorded C. Ward Beecher, 28, living with wife Goldie, 25; and son Paul, 1.

2. Census in 1930 in Monongahela, Washington, PA. 4 The 1930 census recorded at 309 Third Street: C. Ward Beecher, contractor gas and oil wells, 38, living with wife Goldie H., 34; Paul, 12; and Glenn, 8. Also in the home is Henry Gribcan, truck driver oil co., 22. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except C. Ward was born in Ohio, his father in England, and mother in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1940 in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland, PA. 5 The 1940 census recorded Ward E. Beecher, oil and gas driller, 48, living with wife Goldie, 46; Paul, tool dresser - oil and gas, 22; Glenn, 18; and father-in-law Harry Riggle, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Goldie married Charles Ward Beecher, son of Charles Nevel Beecher and Nancy Lucy Harrington. (Charles Ward Beecher was born on 20 Jan 1892 in Washington, Washington, PA,6 7 8 9 died on 26 Aug 1953 in Leechburg, Armstrong, PA 3 8 9 10 and was buried on 28 Aug 1953 in Bagdad: Brookland Cemetery, Westmoreland, PA 8 9.)

Sources

1 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNM1-CMJ Goldie Beecher in household of C Ward Beecher, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet , family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821662.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70226627.

3 Ancestry.com Family Tree, Robin Beecher Family Tree, owner rubleyarnold, direct descendant of Charles Nevel Beecher -> Lynn Wray Beecher -> James Beecher.

4 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2162; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0081; Image: 991.0; FHL microfilm: 2341896.

5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ6H-KBJ Ward E Beecher, Allegheny Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-2, sheet 5B, family 80.

6 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQFZ-N29 Charles Ward Beecher, 1942.

7 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6JY-VC3 Charles Ward Beecher, 1917-1918; citing Armstrong County no 2, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70226626.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 75081. Charles Ward Beecher. Father Charles N. Beecher. Mother Lucy Harrington.

10 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 75081. Charles W. Beecher.


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