John K. Fenstermacher
(1848-1908)
Catharine Youst Bieber
(1847-1934)
Edward B. Fenstermacher
(1880-1946)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ida Gertrude Beecher

Edward B. Fenstermacher 1 3

  • Born: 3 Nov 1880, Rockland Twp., Berks, PA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Ida Gertrude Beecher on 16 Apr 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA 1 2
  • Died: 17 Jan 1946, Reading, Berks, PA at age 65 3 4
  • Buried: 22 Jan 1946, West Lawn: Memorial Mausoleum, Berks, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: L6BG-YRQ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Reading Times: "The wedding of Miss Ida G. Beecher and Edward B. Fenstermacher is announced to take place in St. Luke Lutheran church on April 16 at 3 p.m.. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. F. K. Huntzinger.", 28 Mar 1904, Reading, Berks, PA. 2

2. Residence: 431 Schuylkill Avenue, Reading, PA on 16 Apr 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA. 1

3. Census in 1910 in Reading, Berks, PA. 5 The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 1503 10th Street: Edward Fenstermacher, butcher in slaughter house, 29, living with wife Ida G., 26; John F., 4; Thomas H., 1; and mother-in-law Susann Beecher, widow, 59, who had birthed 3 children by 1910, 2 alive then. Ida had birthed 2 children, both alive. Edward and Ida were married for 6 years. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: coronary sclerosis, 17 Jan 1946, Reading, Berks, PA. 3

5. Occupation: retired steel worker on 17 Jan 1946 in Reading, Berks, PA. 3

6. Residence: 1503 N 10th St., Reading, PA on 17 Jan 1946 in Reading, Berks, PA. 3


Edward married Ida Gertrude Beecher, daughter of Harrison Hunsinger Beecher and Susanna Heim, on 16 Apr 1904 in Reading, Berks, PA.1 2 (Ida Gertrude Beecher was born on 29 Oct 1883 in Reading, Berks, PA 4 6 7, christened on 30 Jan 1884 in Reading: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Berks, PA,6 died on 11 Jan 1973 in Reading, Berks, PA 7 and was buried on 15 Jan 1973 in West Lawn: Memorial Mausoleum, Berks, PA 7.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFM7-XHY Edward B. Fenstermacher and Ida G. Beecher, 16 Apr 1904; citing Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; FHL microfilm 20810.

2 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 28 Mar 1904, page 2. Wedding annoucnement of Ida G. Beecher and Edward B. Fenstermacher.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (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 1086. W. Edward Fenstermacher. Father John Fenstermacher. Mother Catherine Biever. Spouse Ida B. Fenstermacher.

4 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, amily tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

5 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDW-GVM Edward Fenstermacher, Reading Ward 13, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 12B, family 249.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 566. Berks > Reading > St. Luke's Lutheran Church, online image 57.

7 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133571346.


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