Emmet Richard Beeker Sr. ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: GQJP-QWV.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded at 1658 St. Louis Avenue: L. J. Beeker, commercial trucker for steel and iron, 43, living with wife L., 43; daughter Esther, bookkeeper for electric manufacturer, 21; and son Emmett, office boy at steel works, 16. The parents were married for 22 years. Esther and L.J. were born in Indiana and his parents in Pennsylvania. L. and her mother were born in Kansas and her father in Ireland. Emmett was born in Ohio.
[Note: why the parents are listed with initials and not names is a mystery since the census taker listed full names for all others on this street. Were they trying to hide their identity?].

2. Military on 5 Jun 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, MI: Had previously been U.S. Navy, seaman, 2 years. ²

3. Occupation: motor inspector, not employed on 5 Jun 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ²

4. He was described as medium height, slender build, black eyes, black haird on 5 Jun 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ²

5. Residence: 1259 E. Grand River Blvd., Detroit, MI on 5 Jun 1917 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ²

6. Occupation: pattern maker on 18 Oct 1919 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ¹

7. Census in 1920 in Springwells Township, Wayne, MI. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded renting on Michigan Avenue: Emmet Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor handwriting of Beeker], pattern maker in auto body plant, 28, living with wife Cornelia, 20. He and his parents were born in Illinois. She was born in Ohio and parents in Indiana.

8. He appeared in the household of John Hull Joseph Beeker in a census in 1930 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ^{12 12} The 1930 census recorded owning a $10,000 home at 7022 Neckel Street: John J. Beeker, general foreman in automobile factory, 63, living with wife Agnes E., 62; their son Emmet R., 37, and his family: wife: Cornelia A., 29; John E., 9; Mary E., 7; and Richard E., 3. John was born in Indiana, Agnes in Kansas, Emmet and Cornelia in Ohio, John E. and Mary in Michigan, and Richard in Florida. John's parents were from Pennsylvania and Agnes' from Kansas. Cornelia's parents were from Indiana.

9. Census in 1940 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ¹³ The 1940 census recorded renting at 1306 Mason Street: Emitte Beeker, auditor in automobile company, 46; living with wife Cornelia, 38; John E., machinist in automobile company, 19; daughter Mary E., 17; Richard E., 13. Also in the home: ward Edward Haas, 12; father-in-law Edward Seibel, painting and decorating, 58; mother-in-law Mary J. Seibel, sewing inspector, 59; and two lodgers: Aryahr Moyhouse, high school english teacher, 27; and George Moyhouse, service man, 22. Emitte and Cornelia were born in Ohio; John and Norby and Haas in Michigan; Richard in Florida, and the others in Indiana.

10. Occupation: Ford Motor Company in 1942 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ³

11. He was described as 5' 7 1/2 inches talll, 150 pounds, black hair, blue eyes, light complexion in 1942 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ³

12. Residence: 1306 Mason, Dearborn, MI in 1942 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. ³

13. Census in 1950 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ¹⁴ The 1950 census recorded as a lodger at 740 West Euclid Street: Richard E. Beeker, music concert director, 56, He was born in Ohio.

14. Residence: on 24 Oct 1951 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. ¹⁵

Emmet married Cornelia Ann Seibel, daughter of Edward Meinrad Seibel and Marie Mary Jane Myers, on 18 Oct 1919 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.¹ (Cornelia Ann Seibel was born on 12 Jul 1901 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH ^{1 16 17} and died on 3 Feb 1995 in Huntsville, Madison, AL ¹⁷.)