Walter Haines Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: KDBF-K8C.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in West Caln Twp., Chester, PA. ² J. Franklin Beecher, farmer, 45, born Aug 1854, was married for 25 years to wife Helen, 43, Aug 1856. She had birthed 7 children, 3 still alive in 1900. With them: son Wilmer, day laborer, 19, Dec 1880; son Walter, 14, Feb 1886; and Emma, 7, Aug 1892. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded Frank Beecher, widowed, 54, living with daughter Emma F., 16; and son Walter H., 23. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: 406 Maple Ave., Coatesville on 12 Sep 1918 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ⁴

4. Census in 1920 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ¹⁰ Renting at 406 Maple Street, Walter Beecher, boiler maker in boiler works, age 32, was living with wife Mary E., 39; Mildred A. 5 years 5 months, and Vera, 3 years 3 month when the census was recorded on 23 Jan 1920. Also: father-in-law Thomas D. Smith, 76. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Also living with them: Alexander Winfield Jr., 30, boarder, machinist; and Thomas Miles, machinist, stepson, 19.

5. Census in 1930 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded Walter Beecher, 43, living with wife Mary, 50; Mildred, 15; Vera, 13; Lorraine, 8. Also in the home: Thomas D. Smith, father-in-law, 86, and Alexander Winfield, 39, a boarder from Virginia. Everyone else was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Residence: 14 Second Avenue in Coatesville on 6 Nov 1944 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ³

7. Census in 1950 in Coatesville, Chester, PA. ¹² The 1950 census recorded at 139 Diamond Street: Walter H. Beecher, boiler making in boiler company, 64, living with wife Mary E., 73. They were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Cause of Death: pulmonary edema, congestive heart failure, renal failure, 6 Feb 1959, Parkesburg, Chester, PA. ⁶

9. Occupation: boiler maker on 6 Feb 1959 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA. ⁶

10. Residence: E. First Ave., Parkesburg, PA on 6 Feb 1959 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA. ⁶

Walter married Mary Emma Smith, daughter of Thomas D. Smith and Sarah E. Moore, on 22 May 1914 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. (Mary Emma Smith was born on 9 Oct 1877 in Caln, Chester, PA ¹⁰ and died on 25 Sep 1975.)