Edward Conner ¹

   FamilySearch ID: 96DK-D5L.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. ³ John Becher, age 72, laborer, is living with wife Elizabeth, 70; and daughter Hannah, 28. His real estate is worth $0 and his possessions $70. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Reading.
Next door John's daughter is repeated: Hannah, 27, with her husband, John O'Conner, laborer, 38; Edward, 7; and Kitty Ann, 4 months old. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except John in Ireland.
Neither man owned land, there is no land value listed. John Beecher's personal estate was $70 and John O'Conner's $80.
<note: this is the only Beecher or Beechert living in 1860 in Bern Township when you inspect page by page.>.

2. Census in 1870 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA. ⁴ The 1870 census recorded John Connor, works in furnance, 35, living with wife Hannah, 30; Edward, 14; and Katie, 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1930 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ The 1930 census recorded owning a $6,000 home at 146 Spring Street: Edward Conner, cemetery caretaker, widowed, 78, living with his daughter, Mary E. Kreitzer, 56. They were born in Pennsylvania. Edward's father was born in Ireland and mother in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: oedema of lungs, dementia senilis, 17 Mar 1932, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹

5. Occupation: laborer on 17 Mar 1932 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹

6. Residence: 143 W. Spring St., Reading, PA on 17 Mar 1932 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹

Edward married Elizabeth Clay. (Elizabeth Clay was born on 11 May 1844 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,⁶ died on 10 Oct 1923 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA ⁶ and was buried in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA ⁶.)