Ancestors of William Henry Beeker

William Henry Beeker
(1915-1978)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall

Henry Wallace Beeker

2. Mabel Elizabeth Oldham

William Henry Beeker ¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶

Born: 15 Jul 1915, Cleveland, Rowan, NC ¹ ⁴ ⁶ ⁸ ¹⁴
Marriage (1): Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall on 26 Feb 1938 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA ¹ ²
Marriage (2): Mabel Elizabeth Oldham on 21 Apr 1945 in Emporia, Greensville, VA ³
Died: 13 May 1978, Salisbury, Rowan, NC at age 62 ⁴ ⁶ ⁸
Buried: 15 May 1978, Cleveland: Cleveland First Baptist Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ⁴ ⁶ ⁸

FamilySearch ID: LT67-DDZ.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁷ The 1920 census recorded Will S. Bieker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], farmer, 29, living with wife Pearl L., 22; and sons William H., 4; and James B., 1. Next door is Will's father, J. Henry Bieker, farmer, 57, with his family indexed incorrectly as surname Becker: wife Annie, 48; son Gustus C., 24; daughters Blanche F., 18; Annie B., 14; son Henry H., 10; and and daughter Hallie M., 5. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1920 in Franklin, Rowan, NC. ¹⁸ The 1920 census recorded Harvey L. Hall, farmer, 27, living with wife Ione, 25; Robert Lee, 7; Mildred, 5; Wallace, 4; and Zada, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁹ The 1930 census recorded renting a home: William C. Beeker, city mail carrier, 40, living with wife Pearl G., 32; William H., 14; James B., 10; Annie K., 9; Charles E., 7; Nancy G., 4; and Walter G., 1. Also in the home is mother-in-law Katie R. Goodman, widowed, 71; and brother Henry H. Beeker, laborer on farm, 19. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. When married William was age 24 and Pearl 18. Next door is Hary N. Goodman, 40, with his family.

4. Occupation: textile on 26 Feb 1938 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹

5. Residence: on 26 Feb 1938 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹

6. Census in 1950 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ²⁰ The 1950 census recorded William H. Beeker, loading trucks for freight trucking, 34, living with wife Mabel O., 35; daughter Nancy E., 4; son William A., 3; and son Edwin W., 13. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Next door is his father, William S. Beeker.

7. Residence: on 7 Jun 1959 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁵

8. Residence: on 9 Jun 1977 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹³

9. Occupation: truck driver on 13 May 1978 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁶

10. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: obituary of William Henry Beeker on 15 May 1978 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁴ WILLIAM HENRY BEEKER
CLEVELAND -- William Henry Beeker, 62, of Rt. 1 (Mountain Rd) was dead on arrival Saturday evening at Rowan Memorial Hospital in Salisbury after a brief illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Cleveland Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Kenneth Hyde officiating.
He was a retired employee of Central Motor Lines, where he worked for 23 years, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are wife, Mrs. Mable Oldham Beeker; sons, Edwin H. Beeker of Gastonia, William A. Beeker of Salisbury, Kenneth Wayne Beeker of the home; daughters, Mrs. Nancy Moore of Mooresville, Mrs. Betty Duncan of New Bern, Mrs. Martha Fisher of Salisbury; brothers, James Beeker of Burlington, Samuel Beeker of Albuquerque, N.M.; sisters, Mrs. Lanie Carter and Mrs. Nancy Wood of China Grove.
The body is at Summersett Funeral Home in Salisbury.

William married Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall, daughter of Harvey Lee Hall and Zada Ione Sowers, on 26 Feb 1938 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA.¹ ² (Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall was born on 29 May 1917 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ¹ ²¹ and died on 28 Sep 2002 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC ²².)

William next married Mabel Elizabeth Oldham, daughter of Pleasant Edwin Oldham and Annie Stella McGert, on 21 Apr 1945 in Emporia, Greensville, VA.³ (Mabel Elizabeth Oldham was born on 11 Sep 1914 in , Durham, NC,²³ ²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ ²⁷ died on 21 Sep 1984 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC ²³ ²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ and was buried on 23 Sep 1984 in Cleveland: Cleveland First Baptist Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ²³ ²⁴ ²⁶.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), Marriage Certificate 3834, William Beeker and Zada Hall, 26 Feb 1938, Chataham VA.

2 FamilySearch.org, Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9F-S85Z William Beeker (father W. S. Beeker mother Pearl Goodman) married on 26 Feb 1938 in Chatham VA: Zada Hall (fahter H. L. Hall mother Ione Sours).

3 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), William Henry Beeker m. Mabel Elizabeth Madren nee Odom 21 Apr 1945 Greensville, VA.

4 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 15 May 1978, page 12. Obituary of William Henry Beeker.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXYQ-ZLV Edwin Horace Beeker and Sara Jane Allman, 07 Jun 1959; citing Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGR7-ZXS William Henry Beeker, 13 May 1978; citing Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, v 19B cn 19793, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,397.

7 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4Y-JQM William Alvin Beeker, 1946 citing vol. 34, p. 768, Alamance, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104485270.

9 Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC) (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.), http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/salisburypost/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-beeker-carter&pid=138981589 27 Jan 2010. Obituary of Kathleen Beeker Carter.

10 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3P-B62 Henry Wallace Beeker, 29 Mar 1938 citing vol. 26, p. 831, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

11 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC78-3LZ Kenneth Wayne Beeker, 04 Aug 1958 citing vol. 46a, p. 795, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

12 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC7H-XJ4 Betty Ann Beeker, 08 Oct 1950 citing vol. 38-A, p. 1041, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

13 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 11 Jun 1977, page 18. Obituary of William S. Beeker.

14 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3P-YHX William Henry Beaker, 15 Jul 1915 citing vol. 2, p. 645, Rowan, North Carolina.

15 Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC) (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.), 20 Aug 2019, obituary of Nancy Beeker Wood.

16 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 21 Aug 1977, page 13. Obituary of Pearl Goodman Beeker.

17 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJG-L2B Will S Bieker, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 112, sheet 12B, line 73, family 233.

18 1920 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJL-TKL Harvey L Hall, 1920.

19 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37M-N3F William C Beeker, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5B, line 88, family 82.

20 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMS-WXX1 William H Beeker Cleveland NC.

21 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3T-MPR Zada Vivian Hall, 29 May 1917, citing vol. 5, p. 434, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

22 Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC) (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.), 30 Sep 2002, obituary of Zada Miller.

23 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 23 Sep 1984, page 36. Obituary of Mrs. Mable Beeker.

24 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104485271.

25 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRDK-HZK Mabel Beeker, Sep 1984.

26 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4N-87B Mable Oldhan Beeker, 21 Sep 1984; citing Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, v 36B cn 36586, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,985,104.

27 FamilySearch.org, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8WYN-TK3Z Mabel Elizabeth Oldham b. 11 Sep 1914 father Pleasant Edwin Oldham mother Stella McGurk.

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