Margaret J. Shank ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LRD2-K7K.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew, IN. ³ The 1900 census recorded Frederick Beeker, farmer, 55, born Aug 1844, living with wife Margaret J., 44, Nov 1855; daughter Mary, 17, Feb 1883, single; and daughter Annie, 14, Aug 1885, single. The couple was married for 15 years and Margaret had birthed only 1 child [note: other records identify Annie as her daughter.] Frederick, his parents, and Margaret's parents were born in Germany. Margaret and the children were born in Indiana. Mary's mother was born in Germany and Annie's mother in Indiana. Their father was born in Germany. Frederick had immigrated in 1865 and was naturalized as a U.S. citizen.

Above Frederick on the same census page is Frederick's son, Landa Beeker, no age listed, single, with his daughter, Florance, 9, Nov 1890. Landa's birthplace and occupation are not filled in.

2. Cause of Death: disease of heart, 16 Nov 1930, Saint Louis Crossing, Bartholomew, IN. ²

Margaret married Frederick Beeker. (Frederick Beeker was born on 10 Aug 1844 in , , , DEU,^{4 5} died on 31 Oct 1934 in Saint Louis Crossing, Bartholomew, IN ^{1 6} and was buried on 2 Nov 1934 in Hope: Moravian Cemetery, Bartholomew, IN ⁷.)