Alidia Kinard ²

   Other names for Alidia were Alidia Keinert,⁴ Lydia A. Keinert,^{1 7 8} Lydia Kinard ^{9 10} and Lydia Kinnard.¹¹

   FamilySearch ID: MT6C-79K.

  Birth Notes:

Event Description: Uncertain about brith date. FindAGrave has 1828, but 1860 census has 1839, 1870 census 1838.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Note: Possible father is Daniel Kinard (1802-1860) buried in Windsor Church of God Cemetery, Windsor, PA, 1802, Windsor, York, PA.

2. She has conflicting birth information of 1860 and 1870 census suggest a birth circa 1839, and 1880 census 1833, not 1828 as on tombstone., 1839 and , , Pennylvania, USA. ^{5 7}

3. Census in 1860 in Lower Windsor Twp., York, PA. ¹² Parris E. Beecher, 35, tailor, is listed in the 1860 Census in Lower Windsor Township in York County with real estate valued at $0 and possessions worth $100. Living with him is Rebecca, 27; Ann Aliza, 7; daughter Jesiah, 4; John Henry, 2; and Sarah, 7 months in July 1860 when the census was recorded. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Living next door is William Beecher, age 24 (might be 27, handwriting uncertain), occupation blacksmith. His possessions are worth $30. With him is Lydia, 21; Jacob Franklin, 6; Parris Elphnor, 4; and Mary Jane, 7 months in July 1860 when the census was recorded. For all the nearest post office is Chanceford.

4. Census in 1870 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹³ William Beecher, 42, farm laborer, was living with wife Lydia, 32; Parris E., 18, farm laborer; William L., 7; Sarah J., 4; and Henry W., 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. William had no real estate of value.

5. Census in 1880 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. ³ William Beecher, 50, laborer, is living with wife Lydia A., 47; Lewis W., 17, works on farm; and Henry W., 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Obituary: Daily Local News on 9 Sep 1899 in West Chester, Chester, PA. ⁶ Mrs. Lydia Beecher, wife of Wm. Beecher, passed away at her home In Coatesville yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a long illness. The deceased was a good consistent Christian and will be long remembered by many toward whom she had extended her bright words of sympathy and cheer, but like our other good ones, her time had come and she has now gone to reap In heaven the harvest of good deeds sown In that place. She leaves a husband and four children, Frank, Lewis, Harris and Henry, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. She will be burled on Monday. Meet at the house at 10:30 a.m. Interment at Hibernia.

7. Obituary: The Record: obituary of Lydia Beecher on 14 Sep 1899 in West Chester, Chester, PA. ¹⁴ MRS. LYDIA BEECHER
Mrs. Lydia Beecher, wife of Wm. Beecher, passed away at her home in Coatesville Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a long illness. The deceased was a good, consistred Christian and will be long remembered by many toward whom she had extended her bright words of sympathy and cheer. Sne leaves a husband and four children, Frank, Lewis, Harris and 'Henry and a host of friends to mourn her loss.

Alidia married William Lightner Beecher, son of Jacob Franklin Beecher Sr. and Catherine Braun, on 27 Apr 1854 in York: Christ Lutheran Church, York, PA.¹ (William Lightner Beecher was born on 16 Sep 1830 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA,^{4 15 16} died on 23 Feb 1918 in Cedar Knoll, Chester, PA ^{4 5 15 16 17} and was buried on 27 Feb 1918 in Coatesville: Hibernia Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Chester, PA ^{4 5 16}.)