Emma Eberley Gockley ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L6Z2-ZLP.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Bible: Family Bible lists daughter Emma E. born 9 May 1888, father Jacob Gockley b. 15 Jan 1858 d. 22 Oct 1910, mother Elizabeth Eberly b. 26 Jul 1860 d. 21 Nov 1951, 9 May 1888, , Lancaster, PA. ⁵

2. Census in 1900 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded Emma Gockley, 12, born May 1888, as a servant in the household of Henry Weidman, farmer, 41, Sep 1858, and his wife Annie, 37, Jan 1863. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1910 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded at 1413 Perkiomen Avenue in Reading: Emma E. Gockley, servant, 19, living in the home of Harry H. Shillegass, manufacturerer of paper bags, 48, and his wife Reba M., 36., and their daughter Constance M., 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Harrisburg Daily Independent: Marriage Licenses. Charles E. Beecher, Harrisburg, and Emma E. Gockley, Reinhold Station., 27 Aug 1912, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ⁸

5. Residence: on 27 Aug 1912 in Reinholds, Lancaster, PA. ^{1 9}

6. Newspaper: News-Journal: Beecher-Cockley Marriage, 29 Aug 1912, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁹ Beecher-Gockley. At their new home in Harrisburg on Tuesday Charles E. Beecher, of Harrisburg, and Miss Emma E. Gockley, of Reinholds station, were united in marriage by Rev. Mr. Eimenheiser, of Harrisburg. The ring ceremony of the United Brethren church was used. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth H. and the late Jacob M. GockIey, formerly a scrivener and Justice of the peace of West Cocalico, and for some years prior to his deatn a deputy In the United States internal revenue service. The bridegroom is a son of Samuel J. Beecher, a highly respected retired farmer of Neffsville, Cumberland county.

7. Census in 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 523 North 10th Street: Charles E. Beecher, engineer on rail road, 32, living with wife Emma E., 31; and daughter Constance E., 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Residence: 1923 Harrisburg City Directory: Beecher, Chas E. (Emma E.) engineer h 523 N 15th in 1923 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹¹

9. Newspaper: Harrisburg Evening News: "Mr. and Mrs. Beecher and daughtger Constance will move to their new home at 4101 Derry street, after May 15.", 9 Apr 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹²

10. Newspaper: Harrisburg Telegraph: "Real Estate Transfers: Emma E. Beecher to J. J. Heisler, 523 North Fifteenth street, $1.", 13 Apr 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹³

11. Census in 1930 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁴ The 1930 census recorded at 89 N. 18th Street: Charles E. Beecher, locomotive engineer for railroad, 42, living with wife Emma E., 41, and daughter Constance E., 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

12. Residence: 1939 Harrisburg City Directory: Beecher, Constance E mus suprv (Newville) r 89 N 18th; Beecher Emma E Mrs. h 89 N 18th in 1939 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁵

13. Census in 1940 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. The 1940 census record has mistakes, reporting at 89 North 18th street in Harrisburg: Thomas E. Beecher, railroad engineer, 53, living with wife Constance S., 51. The census taker perhaps knocked on the door, no one answered, and a neighbor was asked to say who lived there? In the 1939 Harrisburg city directory at this address is listed Emma Beecher, with daughter Constance but without her husband. At 89 North 18th street in 1930 census was father Charles, mother Emma, and daughter Constance, and in 1950 census at this address Emma is living alone and her marital status "separated." In 1940 daughter Constance is reported living as a single lodger in Newville, PA where she was employed as a teacher. The 1940 census records Charles living alone in Middle Paxton Township, and his 1942 WWII draft record reports he lived at 523 N 15th in Harrisburg. So likely in 1940 Emma was living at 89 N 18th street alone, as the city directory records confirm, since she doesn't appear in 1940 census anywhere else. The 1950 census has Charles living alone. Therefore, the evidence suggests that Emma and Charles separated about 1938, although her obituary lists her as Emma Beecher and her death certificate has her married with spouse Charles.

14. Census in 1950 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ¹⁶ The 1950 census recorded at 89 North 18th Street: Emma B. Beecher, 60, no occupation, marriage: separated, born in Pennsylvania.

15. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Premises in Cleona were transferred from Charles E. Beecher, Cleona, and Emma E. Beecher, Harrisburg, to Kathryn D. Rudy and W. Frank and Cathryn Womer, Lebanon, for $15,500., 2 Apr 1957, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁷

16. Cause of Death: myocardial degeneration, arteriosclerotic heart disease, 14 Jun 1964, Reinholds, Lancaster, PA. ³

17. Residence: R.D. #1, Reinholds, PA on 14 Jun 1964 in Reinholds, Lancaster, PA. ³

18. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: Mrs. Emma Beecher, Reinholds Rl, Dies on 15 Jun 1964 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴ Mrs. Emma Gockley Beecher, seventy-six, formerly of Harrisburg, died Sunday at 7 p.m. in the home of her niece, Mrs. Amos M. Nolt, Reinholds R1. Mrs. Beecher had been residing with her niece for two years.
She was born in W. Cocalico Twp., the daughter of the late Jacob M. Gockley and Elizabeth Eberly Gockley.
Mrs. Beecher was a member of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church in Harrisburg.
She is survived by a daughter, Constance, wife of William M. Whiteley, Westport, Conn.; two grandsons; and a sister, Mary, wife of Wallace F. Ebling, Reinholds R1.

Emma married Charles Edward Beecher, son of Samuel J. Beecher and Adaliah Lillie Verene Wolf, on 27 Aug 1912 in Centerville, Cumberland, PA.¹ (Charles Edward Beecher was born on 11 Nov 1887 in Hockersville, Cumberland, PA ^{18 19 20 21 22}, christened on 6 Mar 1904 in Shippensburg: United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA,²³ died on 30 Jul 1964 in Cleona, Lebanon, PA ^{19 21 24} and was buried on 3 Aug 1964 in Paxtang: Paxtang Cemetery, Dauphin, PA ^{19 21 24}.)