Earle Stine Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L4P2-Y6F.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: automobile works, Hurley & Earley, Broad & Race on 5 Jun 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

2. Residence: 1549 North 56th Street, Philadelphia, PA on 5 Jun 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

3. Residence: 5913 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. On 7 Jul 1925 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ²

4. Census in 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶ Curiously, the 1940 census lists Earl Beecher, age 8, born in Pennsylvania, apart from a family. He is on a correction sheet 61 A at the end of the census listings for Ward 34, Block 56 of the city, indicating he belongs in household 253 as a "lodger," a term used for someone not part of a family -- normally it should say "son." Checking an earlier census sheet 13 A, we find household 253 in Block 56 lists the following family renting at 1132 57th Street on the 1st floor: Earle Beecher, truck driver for retail department store, 45, with wife Margaret, candy saleslady at public school, 35. Both were born in Pennsylvania and living at the same place in 1935.

5. Fact: On his WWII draft registration: 5 ft 9 in 180 lbs blue eyes red hair, artificial elbow on right arm, 27 Apr 1942, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷

6. Occupation: James McKay & Son Shipbuilding Co. On 27 Apr 1942 in Chester, Delaware, PA. ⁷

7. Residence: 1338 North 56th Street, Philadelphia, PA on 27 Apr 1942 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷

8. Cause of Death: Earl died at Philadelphia General Hospital from myocardal infaction, arteriosclerosis, 16 Nov 1959, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

9. Occupation: time keeper on 16 Nov 1959 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

10. Residence: 1662 N. Allison St., Philadelphia, PA on 16 Nov 1959 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

11. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer on 18 Nov 1959 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ BEECHER - Nov. 16, EARL S., husband of Margaret D., of 1662 N. Allison st. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral Thurs., 11 A.M., David G. Frankenfield and Sons, 317 N. 52d st. Int. Fernwood Cem. Friends may call Wednesday eve.

Earle married Margaret Dolores Snavely. (Margaret Dolores Snavely was born on 14 Jan 1902 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,^{6 9} died on 1 Nov 1971 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{9 10} and was buried on 4 Nov 1971 in Lansdowne: Fernwood Cemetery, Delaware, PA ⁹.)