Fredric P. Beecher 2 3
FamilySearch ID: LLC7-22M. Noted events in his life were: 1. Census in 1940 in Freeport, Stephenson, IL. 5 The 1940 census recorded owning a $7000 home at 30 E. Jefferson St: Leon F. Beecher, supervisor farm administration, 42, living with wife Vivian, 31; Fredric, 11; and Bert, 7. Everyone was born in Illinois. Leon had attended 5 years of college and Vivian 2. In 1935 they lived in La Moille, Illinois. 2. Newspaper: Freeport Journal-Standard: "Those from Polo who left Monday to enter Illinois State Normal university are: Louise Travis, Edmund and Edward Raley, Fred Beecher, Harold French and Arnold Scholl.", 10 Sep 1947, Freeport, Stephenson, IL. 6 3. Newspaper: Dixon Evening Telegram: Bride Elect: Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Curran of 926 Ottawa avenue announce the engagement of their oldest daughter, Mary Sue, to Fred Beecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon F. Beecher of Polo. No definite date has been set for the wedding., 7 Jan 1950, Dixon, Lee, IL. 1 (photo of Mary Sue Curran). 4. Newspaper: Sterling Daily Gazette: Polo Briefs: Burt Beecher left Sunday to visit relatives in Washington. He expects to be gone two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beecher and Michael of Mt. Morris moved Thursday to the Boddiger apartment on South Divison street., 6 Jun 1951, Sterling, Whiteside, IL. 7 5. Residence: on 15 Apr 1952 in Dixon, Lee, IL. 8 6. Newspaper: Dixon Evening Telegraph: "Mr and Mrs. Fred Beecher and son, Michael, Dixon, were Sunday guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beecher.", 15 Jul 1952, Dixon, Lee, IL. 9 7. Occupation: 1956 Rock Island City Directory: Beecher Fred P (Mary S) asst store mgr Gooyear Service Stores h3717 14th av (Moline) in 1956 in Moline, Rock Island, IL, USA. 10 8. Newspaper: Muscatine News-Journal: photo of Fred Beecher, 16 Nov 1960, Muscatine, Muscatine, IA. 11 (photo caption) 9. Residence: on 23 Feb 1967 in Bettendorf, Scott, IA. 2 10. Newspaper: Iowa City Press-Citizen: Incorporation of Beecher Company, Inc., 24 Mar 1973, Iowa City, Johnson, IA. 12 NOTICE OF INCORPORATION 11. Residence: 1 Bingham Pl, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 on 1 Jan 2004 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, WA, USA. 13 12. Residence: 2507 214th St N, Port Byron, IL 61275 on 15 Nov 2007 in Port Byron, Rock Island, IL, USA. 14 Fredric married Mary Sue Curran in 1950 in Dixon, Lee, IL.1 (Mary Sue Curran was born on 22 Dec 1929 in Dixon, Lee, IL 3.) |
1 Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois), 7 Jan 1950, page 5.
2 Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois), 25 Feb 1967, page 5. Obituary of Leon F. Beecher.
3 FamilySearch.org, United States Public Records Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB98-QMF Mary S Beecher, Residence, Port Byron, Illinois.
4 Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois), 30 Dec 1952, page 2.
5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZY-8FV Leon F Beecher, Ward 7, Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-24, sheet 15A, family 414.
6 Freeport Journal Standard (Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois), 10 Sep 1947, page 5.
7 Sterling Daily Gazette, 6 Jun 1951, page 15.
8 Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois), 15 Apr 1952, page 9.
9 Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois), 15 Jul 1952, page 2.
10 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1956 Rock Island City Directory, page 32.
11 Muscatine News-Journal (Muscatine, Iowa), 16 Nov 1960, page 18.
12 Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa.), 24 Mar 1973, page 6.
13 FamilySearch.org, United States Public Records Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB98-GZT Frederic P Beecher, Sedro-Wooley, WA.
14 FamilySearch.org, United States Public Records Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB98-GZT Frederick P Beecher, Residence, Port Byron, Illinois.
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