Zachary Taylor Beacham
(1854-1926)
Emeline Amanda Steen
(1858-1937)
Tommie Estelle Beacham
(1896-1968)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Richard Van Dyke Sr.

Tommie Estelle Beacham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 23 Apr 1896, , Union, SC 4 5 6 8
  • Marriage (1): George Richard Van Dyke Sr. on 26 Sep 1919 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC 1
  • Died: 20 Oct 1968, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL at age 72 4 5 6 9
  • Buried: 24 Oct 1968, Birmingham: Forrest Hill Cemetery, Jefferson, AL 6 9

   FamilySearch ID: LC7Z-8DT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of 23 Apr 1896 and Clinton, Laurens, SC. 9

2. Arrival: 1919, in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. 9

3. Residence: 8217 First Avenue South, Birmingham, AL on 12 Nov 1937 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. 7

4. Newspaper: Birmingham News: Mrs. George R. Van Dyke has flown to Frankfort, Germany. To visit Capt. George R. Van Dyke Jr. And family. She was accompanied by Mrs. H. W. Jungemann of Pascagoula. They will also visit Capt. Henry C. Van Dyke and family in Paris, France, 11 Jul 1955, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. 10

5. Obituary: Birmingham Post-Herald, obituary of Tommie Van Dyke on 23 Oct 1968 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. 9 Mrs. Van Dyke
Graveside services for Mrs. Tommie Estelle Van Dyke, 72, 837 Hickory St., Roebuck Plateau, who died Sunday at a local hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Forest Hill, Roebuck Chapel directing. Mrs. Van Dyke, a native of Clinton, S. C., had lived in Birmingham since 1919. She was a member of the East Lake Methodist Church and the Mizpah Sunday School class. She was a member of the East Lake Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include two sons, George R. Van Dyke Jr., Birmingham, and Henry C. Van Dyke, Murfreesboro, Tenn., both serving in the U. S. Air Force.


Tommie married George Richard Van Dyke Sr. on 26 Sep 1919 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC.1 (George Richard Van Dyke Sr. was born on 14 Jul 1889 in Boydton, Mecklenburg, VA,3 11 died on 12 Nov 1937 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL 3 7 12 and was buried on 14 Nov 1937 in Birmingham: Forrest Hill Cemetery, Jefferson, AL 7 12.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZBR-G6F George Van Dyke and Tommie E. Beacham, 26 Sep 1919; citing Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, reference p 228; FHL microfilm 812965.

2 FamilySearch.org, Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZVP-1WN Henry Clay Vandyke and Nancy Earlene Grisham, 05 Jul 1946; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2408942.

3 FamilySearch.org, Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDTQ-GSW : George R. Van Dyke, 12 Nov 1937; citing reference cn 27248, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1908559. Father Louis P. Van Dyke, mother Nancy Caroline Long, spouse Tommie Van Dyke.

4 FamilySearch.org, Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JL7N-229 : Tommie E Van Dyke, 15 Oct 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

5 FamilySearch.org, Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF2B-NYG : Tommie Estelle Van Dyke, 20 Oct 1968; citing reference 25459, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1912782. Father Zachary Taylor Beacham. Mother Emma A. Beacham.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179434120.

7 Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL) (Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama.), 14 Nov 1937, page 25. Obituary of George R. Van Dyke.

8 FamilySearch.org, "South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R8-V879 : 17 March 2018), Tommie Estelle Beachum, 1896; citing Birth Registration, Union, SC.

9 "Birmingham Post-Herald (Birmingham, AL)," 23 Oct 1968, page 13. Obituary of Tommie Estelle Van Dyke.

10 Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL) (Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama.), 11 Jul 1955, page 15.

11 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.), George Richard Van Dyke, b. 14 July 1889, Boyden, VA.

12 Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Original data: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C.Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.), George R. Van Dyke, 1322663.


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