George Fredrick Beecher
(1861-1931)
Susan J. Wagner
(1870-1955)
Bert M. Powell
(1870-1957)
Eldora May Coursey
(1870-1955)
Leon Frederic Beecher
(1898-1967)
Vivan May Powell
(1907-1961)
Bert W. Beecher
(1932-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances J. Kiser

Bert W. Beecher 1 2

  • Born: 15 Jun 1932, Mackinaw, Tazewell, IL, USA
  • Marriage (1): Frances J. Kiser on 28 Nov 1957 in , DeKalb, IL, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: LLC7-22D.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Freeport, Stephenson, IL. 3 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. He attended school at Polo Community High School in 1947 in Polo, Ogle, IL, USA. 4

3. 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. 5

4. Residence: Keesler Air Force Base on 15 Apr 1952 in Biloxi, Harrison, MS. 6

5. Residence: on 23 Feb 1967 in Carpentersville, Kane, IL, USA. 7

6. Residence: 411 Sudbury Ct, Indianapolis, IN, 46234-2252 in 1993 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 8


Bert married Frances J. Kiser on 28 Nov 1957 in , DeKalb, IL, USA.1 (Frances J. Kiser was born in , , IL.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, DeKalb County, Illinois Marriages, 1864-1962, Bert W. Beecher and Frances J. Kiser, 28 Nov 1957.

2 Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1917-2005 (Indiana State Board of Health. Marriage Certificates, 1958–2005. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.), Certificate 92-000426. Teri Lee Beecher and David Eugene Huddleston.

3 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.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1947, Polo Community High School, Bert Beecher photograph.

5 Sterling Daily Gazette, 6 Jun 1951, page 15.

6 Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois), 15 Apr 1952, page 9.

7 Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois), 25 Feb 1967, page 5. Obituary of Leon F. Beecher.

8 Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Ancestry.com), Bert W. Beecher, Indianapolis, IN.



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