Mary Gertrude Robertson ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   FamilySearch ID: L6KJ-HF4.

  Burial Notes:

Cedar Section Plot 265

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁵ The 1900 Census recorded owning a home at 718 N. Arlington Avenue: William J. Robertson, occupation insurance, 47, living with wife Clara B., 45; John F., clerk, 21; Mary G., 19; Ethel K., 18; Clara M., 13; and aunt Elizabeth Scarburgh, 78. Everyone was born in Maryland except Clara and her parents in Virginia. William's father was born in Maryland and mother in Virginia.

2. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: Beecher-Robertson, 20 Nov 1902, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ² Beecher Robertson.
Miss Mary Gertrude Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson, 718 North Arlington avenue, was married yesterday at 11.30 A. M. to Mr. W. Gordon Beecher, a son of Mr. William Beecher, clerk of the Orphans Court, at the home of the bride's parents, which was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Henry A. Geismer, pastor of the Franklin Square Baptist Church. The maid of honor was Miss Ethel K. Robertson, a sister of the bride, and the best man was Mr. William J. Fizone. The bride was attired in white Liberty satin, trimmed in duchess lace and pearls, and carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore white organdy over white taffeta and carried pink chrysanthemums. The ceremony was very quiet, owing to a recent death in the family of the bride. It was followed by a wedding breakfast, after which the couple left for a trip North. They will be at home at the Plaza after January 15.

3. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹ Renting at 401 Seminole Ave was Gordon W. Beecher, architect, 33. He was married for 7 years to wife Gertrude R., 29. She had given birth to 3 children: W. Gordon Jr., 6; Mary, 4; and Clara G., 11 months old on May 9, 1910 when the census was recorded. Also in the home was Clara B. Robertson, mother in law, 55, married for 32 years with 4 children, including 2 daughters living with her: Ethel K., 27, single; and C. M., 23, single. Everyone was born in Maryland except the mother-in-law in Virginia.

4. Census in 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹³ William G. Beecher, architect, 42, was living with wife Gertrude, 38; William G. Jr., 15; Mary I., 13; C. Gertrude, 10; and C. Robertson Beecher, 7. Also with them: Clara B. Robertson, mother in law, 64, widowed; and C. Myrtle Robertson, sister in law, clerk in a telephone company, 32. William was renting his home at 254 Frederick Ave. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland, except Gertrude's mother Clara was born Virginia of Virginian parents.

5. Residence: 1923 Baltimore City Directory: Beecher Wm G (Smith, May & Beecher) h Athol Fdk rd in 1923 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁴

6. Residence: Beecher Wm G (Gertrude) archt 12 E Pleasant h7 Dutton av (Catonsville) in 1927 in Catonsville, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁵

7. Residence: 1929 Baltimore City Directory: Beecher Wm G (Gertrude) archt 12 E Pleasant r Catonsville Md in 1929 in Catonsville, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁶

8. Census in 1940 in Catonsville, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁷ The 1940 census recorded William G. Beecher, 63, living with wife Gertrude R., 59.

9. Residence: 7 Dutton Ave, Catonsville, Baltimore, MD on 25 Apr 1942 in Catonsville, Baltimore, MD. ⁴

10. Census in 1950 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁸ The 1950 census recorded at 4420 Falls Road: William G. Beecher, architect with own business, 73, living with wife Gertrude R., 69. They were born in Maryland.

11. Obituary: Baltimoore Sun: Mrs. Beecher Dies At Home on 24 Sep 1954 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁹ Mrs. Beecher, 73, Dies At Her Home
Mrs. Gertrude Robertson Beecher, wife of William Gordon Beecher, the well-known architect, died early yesterday at her home at 4420 Roland avenue. She was 73, and had been ill for several months. The daughter of the late Mr. William J. Robertson, of Virginia, she had lived in Catonsville and Baltimore since 1909. She is survived by her husband and by a son, Rear Admiral William Gordon Beecher, Jr., USN, chief of information in the Department of the Navy. She also is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H. Graham Wood, of Baltimore, and Mrs. H. H. Henderson, whose husband, Rear Admiral Henderson, is commander of the Middle East Force, and by four other children, all deceased. Services will be held at the Tickner funeral establishment, North and Pennsylvania avenues, at 1.30 P.M. Saturday. Burial will be in Loudon Park Cemetery.

12. Obituary: The Frederick Post: MRS. BEECHER DIES on 24 Sep 1954 in Frederick, Frederick, MD. ¹¹ MRS. BEECHER DIES

Baltimore. Sept. 23. Mrs. Gertrude Robertson Beecher, 73-year-old wife of a Baltimore architect and mother of an admiral, died today after a long illness.

A native of Baltimore, she was the husband of William G. Beecher and the mother of Rear Adm. William G. Beecher Jr., chief of information, department of the Navy, Arlington, Va. annex.

Mary married William Gordon Beecher Sr., son of William Newton Beecher and Almira Correlia Swain, on 19 Nov 1902 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.^{1 2} (William Gordon Beecher Sr. was born on 13 Mar 1877 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD,^{3 4 8 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26} died on 27 Jan 1963 in Annandale, Fairfax, VA ^{8 22 24 25 26} and was buried on 30 Jan 1963 in Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ^{8 24 25 26 27}.)