George Richards Lancaster ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LWWC-VZ6.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Thomas Lancaster, physician, 46, living with wife Sophia M., 44; and son George R., 7. Thomas and his parents were born in England. Sophia, her parents, and George were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: on 1 Nov 1892 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

3. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 1508 Oxford: George A. Lancaster, manufacturer, 28, born Jan 1872 living with his wife of 7 years Eliza B., 31, Nov 1869; daughter Sophie, 6, Aug 1894; father Laman Beecher, widowed, retired, 56, Jun 1844; and two servants born in Ireland: Margaret Martin, 20; and Annie White, 40. All others and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except George's father in England.

4. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded at 1303 Broad Street: Thomas Lancaster, physician, 67, born Mary 1833, living with wife Sophia M., 65, Apr 1835; and son George R., 27, Jan 1873. Also in the home are servants born in Ireland: Agnes M.Coughlin, 25, and Catherine M. Coughlin, 32. Sophia was married to Thomas for 29 years and had given birth to only 1 child by 1900. Thomas and his parents were born in England. Sophia and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 1303 Broad Street: George Lancaster, manufacturer of vaults and safes, 40, living with wife Elizabeth, 40. they were married for 18 years and had birthed 1 child by 1910. Living with them was daughter Sonia, single, 15. Also in the home was father-in-law Lyman Beecher, widowed, 67; and three servants all born in Ireland: Robert Seebon, coachman, single, 35; Ellen Garrighty, chambermaid, single, 20; and Katherine E. Crane, cook, single, 32. All the others and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Lyman's father n Maryland, and George's father in England.

6. Residence: 1303 N. Broad St., Philadelphia on 11 Sep 1918 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

7. Occupation: manufacturer (self employed) on 12 Sep 1918 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

8. Residence: 1303 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA on 22 Feb 1919 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁰

9. Cause of Death: died at Bryn Mawr Hospital of acute septicemia; laceration of neck, self-inflicted, probably suicide, 4 Jan 1921, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, PA. ⁶

10. Residence: on 4 Jan 1921 in Devon, Chester, PA. ⁶

George married Elizabeth Leaf Beecher, daughter of Lyman Beecher and Margaretta Louisa Rutter, on 1 Nov 1892 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA.¹ (Elizabeth Leaf Beecher was born on 10 Nov 1867 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,^{3 11 12} died on 6 Jun 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ³ and was buried on 9 Jun 1948 in Philadelphia: Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, PA ³.)