William Joseph Beecher Sr. ^{1 2}

   Another name for William was Bill Beecher.³

   FamilySearch ID: G333-F3V.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴ The 1940 census recorded renting at at 228 Fordyce St.: William Beecher, teacher in trade school, 35, living with wife Pauline, 30; son William J., 4; son James P., 3; father-in-law Joseph Habernet, laborer in road construction, 61; sister-in-law Dorothy Habernet, 19; and sister-in-law Irene Habernet, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in Germany. They lived in the same house in 1935.

2. Census in 1950 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁵ The 1950 census recorded William E. Beecher, instructor at auto mechanic school, 47, living with wife Pauline, 40; son William J., paper route, 14; son James P., paper route, 13. and father-in-law Joseph Habernet, coal miner, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in Germany.

3. Military in , , , South Korea: Sgt. U.S. Marine Corps, Korea.

4. Residence: 2358 Vista Valley Ln, Vista, CA 92084 in 1996 in Vista, San Diego, CA, United States. ⁶

5. Residence: 2358 Vista Valley Ln, Vista, CA 92084 in 2020 in Vista, San Diego, CA, United States. ⁶

William married Myrtle Jean Van Horn, daughter of Lee Van Horn and Myrtle Beresford House, on 30 Aug 1962 in , Los Angeles, CA.¹ (Myrtle Jean Van Horn was born on 28 Sep 1929 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO ⁷, christened on 4 Jun 1930 in Anniston, Calhoun, AL, died on 7 May 2020 in , , CA ⁷ and was buried in San Diego: Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, California, USA ⁷.)