Guilford Willie Beeker ¹

   Another name for Guilford was Gilford Willie Beeker.^{2 3 4 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LHNH-ZK2.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Name Changed: HIs birth name Guilford appears on Social Security and military records but his tombstone is engraved Gilford.

2. Census in 1900 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded Albert E. Beeker, farmer, 25, born Apr 1875, living with wife Jennie L., 27, Nov 1873; Gilferd W., 6, Oct 1894; Ida Susan, 3, May 1897; and uncle Richmond D. Thomason, widowed, 68, Jan 1832.. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. Albert and Jennie were married for 6 years and she had birthed a total of 2 children by 1900.

3. Census in 1910 in Lexington, Davidson, NC. ¹ The 1910 census recorded in Lexington Township at 298 Clemmonsville Road: Albert E. Becker, farmer, 35, living with wife Jennie, 36; son Guilford, farmer, 15; daughter Ida, 13; and sons Preston, 9; Harvey, 6; and George, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. Albert and Jennie were married for 16 years and she had birthed 5 children by 1910, all alive that year.

4. Occupation: farming on 3 Jun 1917 in Welcome, Davidson, NC. ²

5. Residence: RFD #1, Welcome, NC on 3 Jun 1917 in Welcome, Davidson, NC. ²

6. Census in 1920 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded Albert E. Beeker, farmer, 45, living with wife Jennie, 46; Guilford, farm laborer, 25; Harry, 16; George, 12; and Bula, 9. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

7. Census in 1940 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded 3 Beeker households living on Arnold Road in Lexington Township.

Owning a $1500 house was Ras Beeker, farmer, 64, living with his wife Jennie, 66; and daughter Buelah, 29, single.

Owning a $1000 home was Gilford Beeker, carpenter, 44, living with wife Dora, 42; and daughter Lela M., 9.

Owning a $1000 house was Harvey P. Beeker, construction engineer, 36, with his wife Mae, 38; daughter Imogene, 16; son Boyd, 11; daughter Ann, 9; daughter Martha, 7; and son Billie, 1.
Everyone was born in North Carolina and they lived in the same place in 1935.
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8. Residence: on 18 Mar 1949 in Welcome, Davidson, NC. ⁶

9. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News; obituary of G. W. Beeker on 4 Jan 1951 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁵ G. W. BEEKER
Lexington, Jan. 3 - Guilford W. Beeker, 55, of Route 4, Lexington, died today at his home of a heart attack. He was a lumber company foreman. Surviving are his father, A. E. Beeker of Route 4; wife, former Dora Hinkle; one daughter, Miss Lela Beeker of the home; three brothers, Preston Beeker of Winston-Salem, Harvey Beeker of Welcome, and George Beeker of Raleigh; two sisters, Miss Beula Beeker of Route 4, and Mrs. H. H. Miller of Salisbury. Funeral will be held Thursday at 4 p. m. at Welcome Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. O. M. Hartman and Rev. J. P. Hornbuckle, Jr. The body will be carried to the funeral home half hour before funeral. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Guilford married Dora Eleanor Hinkle, daughter of Franklin Cicero Hinkle and Winnie Delphine Berrier, on 19 Apr 1924 in , Davidson, NC. (Dora Eleanor Hinkle was born on 20 Dec 1897 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC,^{11 12} died on 25 Dec 1992 in Lexington, Davidson, NC ^{11 12 13} and was buried on 27 Dec 1992 in Welcome: First Baptist Church Cemetery, Davidson, NC ^{11 13}.)