Minnie Agnes Lord ^{1 3}

   FamilySearch ID: GPQL-DRC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Will Township, Will, Illinois, United States. ⁵ The 1870 census recorded William Morrison, 72, living with wife Permelia, 65. Also in the home is their daughter Emma Lord, 24, with her twins: Minnie Lord, 2, and Nellie Lord, 2. William was born in Scotland, Permelia and Emma in New York, and Minnie and Nellie in Illinois.

2. 1885 Iowa State Census record census in 1885 in Estherville, Emmet, IA, United States. ⁶ The 1885 Iowa State Census recorded Minnie A. Lorder, 17, single, and Nellie R. Lord, 17, single, living in the household of Thadious O. Roberts, farmer, 50 and his wife Emma P., 38, and Guy M. Roberts, 11. All were born in Illinois except Emma in New York and Thadious in Canada. (Emma is the mother of Minnie and Nellie.).

3. Residence: on 22 Oct 1886 in Estherville, Emmet, IA, United States.

4. Census in 1900 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁷ The 1900 census recorded Minnie Beecher, widow, 32, born Jan 1868, as a roomer at 248 Dearborn Avenue in Chicago. She was born in Illinois and her parents in New York. She had no occupation.

5. Census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded John Winter, express clerk for American Express, 42, living with wife Minnie A., 42. The census columns record they were married for 4 years and she had birthed 1 children who was alive in 1910. With them is stepson Harold B. Rothbum [sic, should be Rathburn], 14. His parents were born in Pennsylvania and he in Illinois. John and Minnie were born in Illinois, as was his parents, but her parents were born in New York.
[Note: stepson Harold Beecher Rathburn's father was Minnie's first husband William Addison Beecher who died in 1899.].

6. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 1310 Winona Avenue Minnie Winter, widow, 72, living with daughter, Nellie Rathbun, widow, 22, and son Harold B. Rathbun, single, 44. Minnie and Nellie were born in Illinois and Harold in Pennsylvania.

7. Residence: 1310 Winona Avenue, Chicago, IL on 10 Jul 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁴

8. Obituary: Chicago Tribune: obituary of Minnie Lord Winter on 11 Jul 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁴ WINTER -- Minnie Lord Winter passed away July 10, late residence, 1310 Winona avenue, twin sister of Nellie Lord Rathburn, beloved mother of Harold B. Rathburn. Funeral Monday morning, July 13, at chapel, 5107 N. Clark street. Interment Graceland, private.

Minnie married William Addison Beecher, son of John Beecher and Juliana M. Ruth, on 22 Oct 1886 in Estherville, Emmet, IA, United States.¹ (William Addison Beecher was born on 3 Oct 1857 in Reamstown, Lancaster, PA,^{10 11 12 13} died on 7 May 1899 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA ¹³ and was buried on 11 May 1899 in Sterling: Riverside Cemetery, Whiteside, IL ^{12 13 14}.)

Minnie next married John Winter on 18 Jun 1905 in , DuPage, Illinois, United States.² (John Winter was born in 1868 in , , IL and died in Dec 1923 in Chicago, Cook, IL.)