Philip Beeker
(Bet 1801/1810-Abt 1848)
Elizabeth Beula Shoultz
Richmond Pearson Sharp
(1814-1891)
Mary Swicegood
(1813-1862)
George Washington Beeker
(1840-1934)
Mary Elizabeth Sharp
(1842-1909)
Bertha Nancy Beeker
(1874-1947)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts

Bertha Nancy Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 9 May 1874, , Davidson, NC, USA 2 3 7
  • Marriage (1): James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts on 20 Dec 1893 in , Davidson, NC, USA 1 2
  • Died: 27 Feb 1947, Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA at age 72 3 7 9
  • Buried: 1 Mar 1947, Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC, USA 3 7 9

   FamilySearch ID: KZKB-D9T.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Tyro, Davidson, NC, USA. 10 The 1880 census recorded George Beeker [indexed incorrectly as George Buker due to poor handwriting], farmer, 39, lviing with wife Elizabeth, 37; Charles L, 12; Mary E., 10; Amanda B., 3; and Nancy, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Residence: on 14 Feb 1934 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA. 6

3. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: obituary of Mrs. Bertha Fritts on 28 Feb 1947 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. 9 MRS. BERTHA FRITTS
Lexington, Feb. 27 - Mrs. Bertha Beeker Fritts, 72, died today at her home on Fowler Street. Funeral will be in Sandy Creek Cemetery. Surviving are her husband, J. Mack Fritts; five sons, Hugh E. of Hickory, Henry G. and Ernest V. of Lexington, Jeff F. of Route 1, Linwood, and James P. of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Miss Della Fritts of Lexington and Mrs. B. D. Trogdon of Route 4, Lexington; one brother, Charlie Beeker of Route 5, Lexington; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.


Bertha married James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts, son of Henry Giles Fritts and Saluda Caroline Farabee, on 20 Dec 1893 in , Davidson, NC, USA.1 2 (James McDuffie "Mack" Fritts was born on 15 Sep 1872 in , Davidson, NC, USA,2 4 11 died on 3 Feb 1955 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA 4 11 and was buried on 6 Feb 1955 in Tyro: Sandy Creek Cemetery, Davidson, NC, USA 4 11.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTW-LCS J M Fritts and Bertha Beeker, 20 Dec 1893; citing Davidson, North Carolina.

2 Gregory A. Fritts, The Fritts (Fritz) family heritage: a historical, genealogical, and biographical record of the Fritts (Fritz) and allied families from October 30, 1738 (1979.), Page 65-67, J. Mack and Bertha N. (Beeker) Fritts.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18900408.

4 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZRK-4FJ James Mcduffie Fritts, 03 Feb 1955; citing Sandy Creek Cemetery Cemetery, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, reference v 3A cn 3179; FHL microfilm 1,927,103.

5 "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), 15 Jun 1920, page 5. Obituary of Mrs. Bessie Beeker Giles.

6 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 15 Feb 1934, page 7. Obituary of George W. Beeker.

7 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8C-V7X Bertha Beeker Fritts, 27 Feb 1947; citing Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, v 4A cn 4418, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,909,217.

8 The Heritage of Davidson County 1982 (Lexington, North Carolina : Genealogical Society of Davidson County, c1982, 794 p. ISBN 0894591827), Biography 434 George and Phebe S. (Byerly) Fritts.

9 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 28 Feb 1947, page 30 Obituary of Mrs. Bertha Fritts.

10 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6L-QDY George Buker, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina citing enumeration district ED 37, sheet 168A.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18900398.


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