Edna Whitman Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LD38-8PT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. ¹ William C. Beecher, laborer iron worker, 30, born Nov 1869, was married for 11 years to wife Laura E., 32, Aug 1867. She had birthed 3 children by 1900: Edna, 10, Jan 1890; John E., 7, Aug 1892; and Eva M., 4, Mar 1896. William was renting his home.

2. Census in 1910 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. ⁸ William A. Beecher, mail carrier, 39, was married for 20 years to wife Laura E., 42. She had birthed 5 children, 4 still alive in 1910. With them: Edna, body marker in shirt factory, 20; J. Earl, core marker in foundry, 17; Eva M., 14; daughter Marion J., 9; and mother Ann M., 80, widow, who had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1920 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded at 238 S. Main Street in South Pottstown: William A. Beecher, laborer in stone foundry, 49, living with wife Laura E., 52; and daughters Edna, 29; Eva M., 23; and Helen W., 9; and grandson James M. Beecher, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1930 in Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded at 20 Fifth Street: Leon H. Brendlinger, manager of iron works, 40, living with wife Edna W., 40; son James, 17; and daughter Mary Jane, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹¹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 143 Walnut Street in Reading: Leo Brendlinger, office clerk for cigar factory, 40, with wife Edna, 40; daughter Mary J., 17. They were born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same place in 1935.

6. Residence: 143 Walnut St., Reading, PA on 16 Oct 1940 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹²

7. Residence: 303 Butter Lane, Mount Penn, PA on 27 Apr 1942 in Mount Penn, Berks, PA. ⁶

8. Residence: on 7 May 1945 in Mount Penn, Berks, PA. ³

9. Census in 1950 in Reading, Berks, PA. ¹³ The 1950 census recorded at 303 High Street in Reading (Lower Alsace Township): Leo Brendlinger, 60, office clerk in cigar factory, living with wife Eda [sic, should be Edna], 60; and son-in-law Paul M. O'Leary, 43; daughter Mary J. [nee Brendlinger], 28; grandson Paul L., 7; and granddaughter Kerry A., 2 weeks old on 4/26/1950 when the census record was recorded. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

10. Cause of Death: Edna died at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center from cerebral hemorrhage, 12 Jan 1967, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁴

11. Residence: 307 S. Hanover St., Pottstown, PA 19464 on 12 Jan 1967 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁴

Edna married Leo H. Brendlinger, son of Morris Y. Brendlinger and Agnes Roberta Heilig. (Leo H. Brendlinger was born on 23 Apr 1890 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA ^{5 6 14 15 16}, christened on 19 Jul 1890 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,¹⁷ died on 18 Mar 1977 in Reading, Berks, PA ^{5 14 16} and was buried on 22 Mar 1977 in Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ¹⁴.)