Bertha Anna Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L6V2-RZ9.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ² Myers Beecher, solicitor, 49, born Oct 1850, was married for 19 years to wife Anna R., 40, May 1860. She had birthed 5 children, 4 still alive: Alice L., 17, Jun 1882; Carrie H., 15, Sep 1884; Bertha A., 11, Aug 1888; and Irvin S., 8, Jul 1891. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Myers was renting the home at 248 N. Charlotte St.

2. Census in 1910 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁶ Myers E. Beecher, 59, was married for 29 years to wife Annie, 59. She had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910. With them were three: Bertha, 20; Irvin, 18; and Anna, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. They were living at 248 Charlotte St in Pottstown.

3. Census in 1920 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁷ The 1920 Census recorded at 248 Charlotte Street Myers C. Beecher, manufacturer of leases and envelopes, 69, living with wife Annie R., 69; Bertha A., 28; and Anna M., 17. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1930 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁸ The 1930 census recorded at renting a $4500 valued home at 248 Charlotte Street: Anna R. Beecher, widowed, 69, living with daughter Bertha A., saleslady shoe store, 34. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1940 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded owning the $3000 home at 248 Charlotte Street: Annie R. Beecher, widowed, 79, living with daughter Bertha, 48.

6. Residence: 248 N. Charlotte St., Pottstown, PA on 19 Jan 1945 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹⁰

7. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: Children Bequeathed Shares in $4750 Estate, 6 Mar 1945, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹¹ Norristown, March 5 -- Anne R. Beecher, Pottstown, who died Jan. 19 named three children, Alice L., Bertha A. and Anna M., equal benefiiaries of an estate valued at $4750.

8. Residence: on 21 Oct 1949 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹

9. Cause of Death: acute coronary occlusion, hypertensive cario-vascular disease, 26 Feb 1960, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹

10. Residence: 1011 N. Evans St., Pottstown, PA on 26 Feb 1960 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹

11. Obituary: The Mercury: obituary of Bertha A. Gross on 29 Feb 1960 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁵ DEATHS. GROSS -- On Friday, Feb. 26, 1960, Bertha A. (Beecher), widow of the late Herbert A. Gross. Relatives and friends are invited to the services from the Houck Funeral Home, 112 N. Washington Street, Pottstown, on Tuesday, March 1, at 2 p.m. Interment in Pottstown West End Cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home, Monday evening, 7-9.

Bertha married Herbert Anderson Gross, son of John Heinrich Gross and Emma Anderson, on 21 Oct 1949 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA.¹ (Herbert Anderson Gross was born on 21 May 1891 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,^{1 12 13 14} died on 18 Apr 1955 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA ¹⁴ and was buried on 21 Apr 1955 in Pottstown: Pottstown Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ¹⁴.)