Edwin Roscoe Beeker Sr. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L5V1-ZRT.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He appeared in the household of Joseph Owens Beeker in a census in 1910 in Justice Precinct, Ellis, TX. ^{7 7} The 1910 census recorded Joseph Beaher [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], farmer, widowed, 51; living with daughter Mary J. 23; son Henry A., 21; daughter Minnie M., 16; and son Edwin R., 8. Joseph and his parents were born in North Carolia. The children and their mother were born in Texas.

2. Edwin appeared in the household of Joseph Owens Beeker in a census in 1920 in Buffalo, Leon, TX. ^{8 8} The 1920 census recorded Joe Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], 62, farmer, widowed, living with son Edward R., farm laborer, 17. Also with them is son, Henry Becker, 31, grocery store salesman, with his wife Katie, 30. Henry and his parents were born in North Carolina, and the others in Texas. Next door is Joe's mother-in-law, Mary L. Baker, widowed, 78, born in Tennessee.

3. Census in 1940 in Oakwood, Leon, TX. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded owning a $2500 home Edwin Roseae Beeker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], salesman general mechandise, 38, living with wife Lena, 42; daughter Brunelle, operator of beauty shop, 17; and son Edwin Roseae Beeker, 3. Everyone was born in Texas.

4. Census in 1950 in Galveston, Galveston, TX. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded at 2204 10th Avenue: E. B. Beeker, no occupation listed, 48, living with wife Lena, 52, daughter Brunell, never married, 27; and son Edwin, 13. They were born in Texas.

5. Cause of Death: Edwin died at Galveston County Hospital from pumonary insufficiency, severe pneumonia, congestive heart failure, septimic shock, carcinoma prostate, 1 Feb 1971, Texas City, Galveston, TX. ²

6. Occupation: retired salesman at Pennys Dept. Store on 1 Feb 1971 in Galveston, Galveston, TX. ²

7. Residence: 7412 McArthur Drive, Hitchcock, TX on 1 Feb 1971 in Hitchcock, Galveston, TX. ²

Edwin married Lena Mae Connell, daughter of Merit Berkin Connell Jr. and Emily Adams, on 20 Feb 1922 in Buffalo, Leon, TX.¹ (Lena Mae Connell was born on 1 Mar 1898 in Groesbeck, Limestone, TX,^{4 11} died on 24 Jun 1987 in Webster, Harris, TX ^{4 11} and was buried on 29 Jun 1987 in Buffalo: Buffalo Cemetery, Leon, Texas, United Sta ^{4 11}.)