Caspar A. Rininger
(1823-1877)
Catherine Neimeyer
(1832-1911)
Frank W. Beecher
(1871-1920)
Mary Anna Rininger
(1875-1942)
Frank M. Beecher
(1909-1976)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Georgianna Banning Dewees

Frank M. Beecher 1 2 3

  • Born: 9 May 1909, Winchester, Winchester, VA 1
  • Marriage (1): Georgianna Banning Dewees
  • Died: 28 Jul 1976, Brookhaven, Delaware, PA at age 67 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LK75-H4X.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Christana, New Castle, Delaware, USA. 4 The 1940 census recorded household head Arthur Beecker (sic), construction laborer, 19, single, living with his mother Mary A. Beecker, widowed, 54, brother Frank, 41, single; sister Violet J., 15; and sister Lillian Jamison, 21, who was married 3 years earlier. Arthur was born in Pennsylvania and his mother, Mary and her father in Indiana, and her mother in Germany. Frank was born in Virginia, Lillian in Maryland, and Violet in Delaware. Their father was born in Pennsyvania and mother Mary in Indiana.

2. Census in 1940 in Chester, Delaware, PA. 5 The 1940 census recorded renting at 803 West 8th: Frank Beecher, poster printer for moving pictures, 30, born in Virginia, living with wife Georganna, cashier in movie theatre, 22, and daughter Dare, 10 months, both born in Pennsylvania. Also in the home is mother Mary Anne Beecher, 65, born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 19 Dec 1949 in Rutledge, Delaware, PA. 6

4. Residence: 1006 Woodside Ave., Upland, PA on 10 Dec 1956 in Upland, Delaware, PA. 7

5. Newspaper: Delaware County Daily Times: "Beecher, Frank M. On July 28, 1976, husband of Georganna B. Dewees Beecher of Upland, Pa. Serivce and interment at convenience of family from William S. Bleyler Funeral Home, 500 West 22nd St.", 5 Aug 1976, Chester, Delaware, PA. 2


Frank married Georgianna Banning Dewees, daughter of William J. Dewees and Anna M. Wolfe. (Georgianna Banning Dewees was born on 15 Dec 1917 in Norwood, Delaware, PA 8 9 and died on 12 Apr 1991 8 9.)


Sources


1 U.S. Social Security Death Index, SSN 171-10-4983. Frank Beecher.

2 Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA), 5 Aug 1976, page 4. Death notice for Frank M. Beecher.

3 Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA), 28 December 2001, obit of Dare Patricia Beecher McBride.

4 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C42J-7ZM.

5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ85-P86 Frank Beecher, Ward 7, Chester, Chester City, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-30, sheet 7A, family 140.

6 Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA), 21 Dec 1949, page 2. Obituary of William J. Dewees.

7 Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA), 10 Dec 1956, page 6. Donald Beecher Becomes Eagle Scout.

8 U.S. Social Security Death Index, SSN 171-10-5636. Georganna B. Beecher.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Georganna Banning Dewees, SSN 171105636.



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