William Elmer Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: G333-68L.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Upper Saint Clair Twp., Allegheny, PA. ^{6 7} The 1910 census recorded Sarah Beacher, 43, living as a housekeeper in the home of Louis Lochinger, glassworker table ware, 40. With Sarah is her son, William Beacher, 6, and daughter, Sarah, 1. Sarah had been married 24 years ago and birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910. The children and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Sarah's mother was born in Pennsylvania and father in England. Louis was born in Pennsylvania, his father in Germany, and mother in New York.

2. Census in 1940 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded renting at at 228 Fordyce St.: William Beecher, teacher in trade school, 35, living with wife Pauline, 30; son William J., 4; son James P., 3; father-in-law Joseph Habernet, laborer in road construction, 61; sister-in-law Dorothy Habernet, 19; and sister-in-law Irene Habernet, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in Germany. They lived in the same house in 1935.

3. Census in 1950 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁹ The 1950 census recorded William E. Beecher, instructor at auto mechanic school, 47, living with wife Pauline, 40; son William J., paper route, 14; son James P., paper route, 13. and father-in-law Joseph Habernet, coal miner, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Joseph in Germany.

4. Residence: on 26 Mar 1988 in Torrance, Los Angeles, CA. ⁴

William married Pauline Catherine Habernet, daughter of Joseph Habjanetz and Anna Marie Wieck. (Pauline Catherine Habernet was born on 27 Dec 1909 in South Fayette Township, Allegheny, PA,^{10 11 12} died on 29 Jul 1996 in , Los Angeles, CA ^{10 12} and was buried in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, CA ¹⁰.)