Mary Lula Giles ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

   FamilySearch ID: L7BF-PS4.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. The 1870 census recorded John S. Giles, 37, farmer, living with wife Belle C., 26; William J., 2; and Mary L, 7 months old when the census was recorded on 17 Aug 1870. John was born in Virginia, the others in North Carolina. His real estate was valued at $1425 and personal estate $800. Also in their home is a black cook, Margaret Nelson, 35; and Stoneman Nelson, a black male, 4, both born in North Carolina.

2. Newspaper: The Union Republican: Married: In Davidson county, last week, Mr. Charles L.Beeker to Miss Lula Giles., 29 Nov 1888, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. ¹³

3. Census in 1900 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. ¹⁴ The 1900 census recorded Chas. Beeker, farmer, 33, born Oct 1867, living with wife Mary L., farm laborer, 31, Sept 1869; sons Elmo L., 11, Aug 1889; Willie J., 9, Sept 1891; George G., 7 Mar 1893; and daughters Mary B., 4, Aug 1896; and Emma P., 1, Aug 1899. Chas and Mary were married for 12 years and she had birthed 5 children by 1900 all alive that year. Next door is George W. Beeker, farmer, 59, born Oct 1840, married for 33 years to his wife, Mary E., 58, May 1842. She had birthed 5 children and 4 were alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina except Mary L.'s father in Virginia.

4. Census in 1910 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. ¹⁵ The 1910 census recorded Charles L. Becker [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Beeker], farmer, 42, living with wife Lula, 43; Elmo L., farm laborer, 20; Willie J., farm laborer, 18; George G., farm laborer, 16; Mary B., 13; Pauline, 11; Ann E., 9; Glenn, 6; Charley L, 4; and Bessie L., 10 months. Charles and Lula were married for 21 years and she had birthed 9 children all alive in 1910.

5. Census in 1920 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. ¹⁶ The 1920 census recorded three Beeker households as neighbors: Charlie L. Beeker, 52, living with wife Marry, 50; daughters Belle, 28; Pauline, 20; Annie, 19; Gilma, 16; son C. Loyd, 18; daughters Lucile, 11; Elizabeth, 8; and son John, 7.
Listed above is "father" George W. Beeker, farmer, widowed, 79.
Above George is his daughter, Amanda Beeker, listed as Monda as follows:
Joe S. Powell [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Parnell not Powell], farmer, 58, was living with wife Monda, 49; son Hope, 17; son Sidney, 14, daughter Mary, 8.
Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

6. Census in 1930 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. ¹⁷ The 1930 census recorded owning a $6000 home: Charles L. Becker [sic, as indexed, but handwriting is Beeker], farmer, 62, living with wife Mary L., 60; son Charlie L., 23; daughters Bessie L., 21; Carrie E., 18; son John W., 17; and Charle's father, George W., 89. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

7. Census in 1940 in Tyro, Davidson, NC. ¹⁸ The 1940 census recorded C. L. Beeker, farmer, 73, with his wife, Lulu, 69. They were born in North Carolina and lived in the same place in 1935. C. L. owned his home worth $600.

Next door is the Beeker's daughter, Elizabeth Snyder, 29, with her husband Sidney Snyder, 30, and their children: Jeanette, 5; Ladine, 3; and Ronald, 2. All were born in North Carolina and the parents lived in the same place in 1935.

Next home is the Becker's daughter, Belle Stegall, 43, living with her husband, J. C. Stegell, laborer for W.P.A., 50, and their children: James, laborer in cotton mill, 19; Donald, 17; Mary, 13; son C. W., 12; Lloyd, 10, and Betty, 8. Everyone was born in North Carolina. They lived in the same house in 1935.

8. Cause of Death: cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis, 14 Jul 1955, Lexington, Davidson, NC. ⁴

9. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: Beeker Funeral on 16 Jul 1955 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁷ BEEKER FUNERAL
LEXINGTON, July 15 -- Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lula Giles Beeker, 85, who died last night, will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church by Rev. John Pless. The body will lie at the church 30 minutes before the services. Burial will be in Sandy Creek Cemetery. The body was take this afternoon to the home of her son, Glenn B. Beeker on Route 5.

Mary married Charles Lloyd Beeker Sr., son of George Washington Beeker and Mary Elizabeth Sharp, on 15 Nov 1888 in , Davidson, NC.¹ (Charles Lloyd Beeker Sr. was born on 28 Oct 1867 in Tyro, Davidson, NC,¹⁹ died on 1 Feb 1949 in Tyro, Davidson, NC ^{3 19 20} and was buried on 3 Feb 1949 in Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC ^{3 19}.)