William Beecher
(1769-1835)
Elisabeth M. Herr
(1793-1874)
John Sites
(1813-1881)
Henrietta B. Herr
(1821-1885)
William Herr Beecher Sr.
(1811-1875)
Elizabeth Mary Sites
(1843-1925)
Emanuel Herr Beecher
(1870-1911)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lulu H. Hughes

Emanuel Herr Beecher 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Born: 18 Nov 1870, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 3
  • Christened: 27 May 1871, Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA 3
  • Marriage (1): Lulu H. Hughes on 3 Dec 1888 in Camden, Camden, NJ 1
  • Died: 2 Aug 1911, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 40 4 9
  • Buried: 7 Aug 1911, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 4 9

   FamilySearch ID: 9674-Z5W.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were the parents.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 11 After the death of William Beecher, his wife marries a Feger. The Beecher children are now found living with the new family.

Hiram C. Feger, machinist, 56, was with wife Elizabeth, 35; stepdaughters Martha H. Beecher, 13, and Bertha Beecher, 10; and stepson Emmanuel Beecher, 9. Also in the home: daughte r Leticcia Feger, 30; daughter Fanny Feger, 24; daughter Mary E. Feger, 19; and John Boyer, 25, clerk. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: 1889 Philadelphia Directory: Beecher, Emanuel H., printer, h 2030 Marvine in 1889 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 12

3. Residence: The 1891 Philadelphia City Directory lists: Beecher, Emanuel H., printer, h. 1342 Coffman. in 1891 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 13

4. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 14 Manuel Beecher, son-in-law, compositor, 29, born Nov 1870, was married for 11 years to Lulu, 29, Mar 1871. She had birthed 5 children, 2 alive in 1900: William S., 9, Dec 1890; and Henry W., 6, Apr 1894. They were living in the home of Lulu's father, W. E. Hughes, 57, Jul 1842, married for 30 years to Jennie, 49, Dec 1850. Manuel and his parents were born in Pennslvania. Lulu and her mother were born in Washington DC, and her father in Pennsylvania. William and Henry were born in Pennsylvania. They were living at 2654 N. 17th.

5. Residence: 1835 W. Hungtington Street, Philadelphia, PA on 2 Jun 1908 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 10

6. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 2 Emanuel H. Beacher, compositor printing office, 39, was married for 21 years to wife Lulu, 39. She had birthed 6 children, 2 were alive in 1910. With them: William S., 19; and Henry W., 15. Emanuel and his parents were born in Pennsylvania; Lulu and her mother were born in Washington, DC and her father in Pennsylvania, and the children in Pennsylvania.
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7. Occupation: printer living at 2631 N 18th in 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 15

8. Cause of Death: occlusion of subclavian and carotid arteries, oedema, 2 Aug 1911, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 9

9. Death Certificate: 2 Aug 1911, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4 Name: Emanuel Herr Beecher
Death date: 02 Aug 1911
Death place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): W
Age at death: 40 years
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 18 Nov 1871
Birth place: Pa.
Marital status: Married
Spouse name:
Father name: Wm. Beecher
Father birth place: Pa.
Mother name: Elizabeth Site
Mother birth place: Pa.
Occupation: Compositor
Street address: 2631 No 18th St., 28 Ward
Residence: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Pottstown Pa
Burial date: 07 Aug 1911
Additional relatives:
Film number: 1405440
Digital GS number: 4009195
Image number: 270
Reference number: cn 19237.

10. Occupation: compositer on 2 Aug 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 9

11. Residence: Emanuel died at 2631 N 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA on 2 Aug 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 9

12. Obituary: Philadelphia Public Ledger: obituary of Emanuel Herr Beecher on 5 Aug 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 16 Beecher -- On Aug. 4 - Emanuel Herr husband of Lulu Beecher & son of Eliz. Feger & late William Beecher of Pottstown aged 40 years. Employees of Allen, Lane & Scott invited. Res. 2631 N. 18th St.


Emanuel married Lulu H. Hughes, daughter of William E. Hughes Sr. and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Paris, on 3 Dec 1888 in Camden, Camden, NJ.1 (Lulu H. Hughes was born on 31 Mar 1871 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USA 14 17 and died on 30 Jan 1938 in , , NJ 17.)


Sources


1 New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZGT-W87 Emanuel H. Beecher and Lulu Hughes, 03 Dec 1888.

2 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Ward 28, Series: T624 Roll: 1402 Page: 2.

3 Trinity Reformed Church, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

4 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), Death record for Emanuel Herr Beecher.

5 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificate (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA 16101 (724) 656-3100 http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=229939), Death certificate #069075-62, Henry Ward Beecher.

6 West York Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 380. Online at Ancestry.com in Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985.), Record of Baptisms. Image 310.

7 Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, PA), 12 Dec 1892, page 5. Death of Raymond Beecher.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 069075-62. Henry Ward Beecher. Father Emmanuel Beecher. Mother Lulu Hughes. Spouse Frances Bailey.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 80849. Emanuel H. Beecher. Father Wm Beecher. Mother Elizabeth Site.

10 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDTL-4YZ Elizabeth Jennie Beecher, 02 Jun 1908; citing cn 13929, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,402,949.

11 1880 United States Census, Film 1255160; National Archives Film T9-1160; Page 559C.

12 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1889 Philadelphia Directory, printed page 168, online image 86.

13 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Image 157 of 2090. Philadelphia City Directory, Page 143.

14 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Ward 28, Series: T623 Roll: 1470 Page: 196.

15 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Boyd's Philadelphia City Directory, 1911, Printed page 184, Online Image 99.

16 Philadelphia Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), 5 Aug 1911, obituary of Emanuel Herr Beecher.

17 Russ Beecher, Beecher-Copeland Families Tree (Ancestry.com), http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/37929953/person/19159346154.



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