William Peter Beecher
(1866-1939)
Louella May Creek
(1869-1937)
Harry Bradley
(1889-1959)
Clara Malinda Hornberger
(1890-1961)
Watson Harold Beecher
(1907-1967)
Mildred A. Bradley
(1909-1993)
Watson C. Beecher Jr.
(1934-2017)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Caroline R. Del Popolo

Watson C. Beecher Jr. 1 2 3

  • Born: 15 Nov 1934, Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Caroline R. Del Popolo
  • Died: 13 May 2017, Bensalem, Bucks, PA at age 82 2 3
  • Buried: Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA 3

   Another name for Watson was Buzz Beacher.

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-GVY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. 1 The 1940 census recorded renting at 126 Eleventh Avenue: H. Watson Beecher, superintendent paper mill, 33, living with wife Mildred, 31; daughter Jonnette, 8; son Watson, 5; and daughter Donna, 0. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Watson in Indiana.

2. Census in 1950 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. 5 The 1950 census recorded at 102 Forrest Street on the 2nd floor: Mildred D. Beecher, marital status separated, wire spooler, 40, living son Watson, 15, and daughter Donna, 10. All were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: 27 Whitemarsh Ln, Lansdale, PA 19446 in 1978 in Lansdale, Montgomery County, PA. 4

4. Residence: 130 Thomas Dr., Franconia, PA in 1979 in Franconia, Montgomery, PA, United States. 6


Watson married Caroline R. Del Popolo, daughter of James Victor Del Popolo and Rose Marie Talese. (Caroline R. Del Popolo was born on 1 Nov 1939 in Ambler, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA,7 8 died on 2 Dec 2022 in Levittown, Bucks, PA 7 8 and was buried in Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA 7 8.)

Sources

1 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQF1-43B H Watson Beecher, Ward 4, Conshohocken, Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-47, sheet 17B, family 388.

2 Tomlinson Funeral Home (Bensalem, PA), http://www.tomlinsonfh.com/book-of-memories/2930498/Beecher-Watson/obituary.php Watson C. Beecher Jr. d. 13 May 2017.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180618847.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Ancestry.com), Watson C Beecher Jr. b 15 Nov 1934 residence Lansdale PA.

5 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1S-98NN Mildred Beecher Conshohocken PA.

6 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 19 Aug 1979 page 242.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246171619.

8 FamilySearch.org, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLM-D8P8 Obituary of Caroline Beecher.


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