Theodore Lewis Melrath
(1887-1959)
Mabel Weir
(1889-1939)
William Weir Melrath
(1909-1961)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lorraine A. Beecher

William Weir Melrath 2 3

  • Born: 2 May 1909, Wawa, Delaware, PA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Lorraine A. Beecher on 6 Nov 1944 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE 1
  • Died: 9 Feb 1961, Parkesburg, Chester, PA at age 51 2 3
  • Buried: 12 Feb 1961, Oxford: Oxford Cemetery, Chester, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: L6PD-6FS.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: welding inspector on 6 Nov 1944 in , , Pennylvania, USA. 1

2. Residence: 328 First Avenue, Parkersburg on 6 Nov 1944 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA. 1

3. Cause of Death: acute coronary occlusion, 9 Feb 1961, Parkesburg, Chester, PA. 3

4. Occupation: welder on 9 Feb 1961 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA. 3

5. Residence: E. First Ave., Parkesburg, PA on 9 Feb 1961 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA. 3


William married Lorraine A. Beecher, daughter of Walter Haines Beecher and Mary Emma Smith, on 6 Nov 1944 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE.1 (Lorraine A. Beecher was born on 17 Feb 1922 in Coatesville, Chester, PA,4 5 died on 22 Nov 2012 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, PA 2 5 and was buried in Coatesville: Fairview Cemetery, Chester, PA 5.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F39V-315 William W. Melroth and Lorraine A. Beecher, 1944.

2 Daily Local News, Chester County, PA (West Chester, Chester County, PA), November 23, 2012, obituary of Lorraine A. Beecher Bair.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 013380-61. William Weir Melrath. Father Theodore S. Melrath. Mother Mable Weir. Spouse Lorraine Beecher Melrath.

4 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHD3-12P Walter Beecher, 1930.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75754159.


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