Harvey Pleasant Beeker Sr. ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Harvey was Harry Beeker.⁷

   FamilySearch ID: G31V-S4X.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Election District 7, Baltimore County, MD. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded renting a home: John H. Beaker, farmer, 32, born Jul 1868, living with wife Lillie P., 31, Sep 1869; and children: Harvey P., 11, Jun 1889; Elsie M., 9, Dec 1891; Bessie V., 7, Apr 1893; Charles R., 5, Oct 1895; Nancy M., 2, Jun 1898; and servant John S. Gruel, 14, whose parents are living next door. John and his father were born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Maryland. Lillie, her parents, and all children were born in Maryland. John and Lillie were married for 11 years and she had birthed 5 children by 1900, all alive that year.

2. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: Marriage Licenses: Beeker-Sener - Harvey M. Beeker, 20, 109 Union avenue, Ida Sener, 18., 30 Apr 1908, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹

3. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 109 Union Avenue: John Beeker, laborer park work, 41, living with wife Lillie, 40; Harvey, railroad track work, 22; his wife, John's daughter-in-law Ida, 19, and their child, Margaret, 1; and John's children: Elsie, 19; Bessie, 17; Charles, laborer park work, 15; Nancy, 10; Mamie, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland, except John's father in Pennsylvania. John and Lillie were married for 22 years and she had birthed 10 children, 6 were alive in 1910. Harvey and Ida were married for 2 years and had 1 child.

4. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: New Suits: Common Pleas Court. April Term 1917: Ida S. Beeker -- Harvey P. Beeker, 1589...Div., 6 Mar 1917, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹⁰

5. Marriage Fact: His WWI draft registeration shows he was married with 2 children under 12. He claimed an exemption from the draft for being the sole support of two children., 5 Jun 1917, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

6. Occupation: track foreman, Pennsylvania R. R. Co. On 5 Jun 1917 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

7. He was described as blue eyes, light hair, medium build, medium height on 5 Jun 1917 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

8. Residence: 1204 Herran Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA on 5 Jun 1917 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴

9. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Daily Post: Divorce Proceedings: Harvey Beeker against Ida S. Beeker., 23 Oct 1917, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ²

10. Census in 1920 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded renting at 4513 Liberty Avenue: Harvey P. Beeker, railroad track foreman, 31, living with wife Nellie W., 25; Margaret L., 11; Harvey P., 7; and Charles W., 2 months. Harvey Sr., Margaret, and Harvey Jr. and their parents were born in Maryland. Nellie, her parents, and Charles W. and his mother were born in Pennsylvania. Charles' father was born in Maryland.

11. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: obituary of Charles F. Wertz, 15 Dec 1921, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹² WERTZ -- Suddenly, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1921, at 9:30 p.m., Charles F. Wertz, son of the late John and Nellie Wertz (nee Nolan), aged 23 years. Funeral from the residence of his cousin, Harry P. Beeker, 4104 Howley ave., on Friday, Dec. 16, at 8:30 a.m. High mass at St. Mary's church at 9 a.m. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. (Youngstown (O.) papers please copy.)

--Research note-- Charles Wertz was related to Harvey Beeker's wife, Nellie, whose mother was Katherine Elizabeth Nolan. Katherine's sister Nellie Nolan married John Wertz, the brother of Charles.

12. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Daily Post: Divorce Proceedings: Nellie Beeker filed a libel against Harry Beeker., 26 Oct 1924, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁷

13. Census in 1930 in Youngstown, Mahoning, OH. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded at 232 Lincoln Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio: Harvey Beeker Sr., building construction foreman, 41, married, living with son Harvey Beeker Jr., building construction inspector, 19, as lodgers within the household headed by widow Mabel F. Hampt, lodging house keeper, 38. The Beekers and their parents were born in Maryland. Mabel was born in Ohio, her father in Kentucky and mother in England.

14. Census in 1940 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁴ The 1940 census recorded at 850 Powers Street: Harvey P. Becker [sic, indexed as Becker due to poor handwriting], watchman for steam railroad, married, 52, living as a lodger in the $2000 home owned by widow Catherine P. Tracey, no occupation, 55. They were born in Maryland and lived in the same house in 1935.

15. Occupation: Pennsylvania Railroad, Charles St., Baltimore, MD on 27 Apr 1942 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ³

16. He was described as 5'10", 209lbs, blue eyes, gray hair on 27 Apr 1942 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ³

17. Residence: 850 Powers St., Baltimore, MD on 27 Apr 1942 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ³

18. Census in 1950 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁵ The 1950 census recorded Harvey Beeker, no ocucpation, widowed, 63, and Harvey Beeker Jr., chauffeur for truck co., marital status "separated", 38, as "lodgers" at 3103 Chestnut Street in the home Harry Crawford, railroad conductor, 43, and his wife Margaret I., 41 (Harvey Sr.'s daughter). Everyone was born in Maryland.

19. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: obituary of Harvey P. Beeker Sr. On 16 Jan 1963 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁶ BEEKER - On January 15, 1963, HARVEY P., SR., of 3103 Chestnut avenue, husband of the late Nellye M. Beeker, and beloved father of Mrs. Margaret Crawford, Charles W. and Harvey P. Beeker, Jr. Funeral from the Donovan Funeral Home, 3818 Roland avenue, on Friday at 10 A.M. Interment in Middletown Cemetery, Baltimore county, Maryland. Visiting hours 2 to 5 P.M. and 7 to 10 P.M.

Harvey married Ida Sener, daughter of Henry A. Sener and Margaret Allen, in Apr 1908 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce in Oct 1917. (Ida Sener was born on 8 Nov 1890 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD,^{16 17} died on 31 Mar 1918 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{17 18} and was buried on 2 Apr 1918 in Baltimore: Saint Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ^{17 18}.)

Harvey next married Nellie W. Smith, daughter of Martin Smith and Katherine Elizabeth Nolan. (Nellie W. Smith was born in Jun 1894 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA and died on 17 Apr 1937 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD ^{19 20}.)