William Jacob Beecher Jr. ¹

   Another name for William was Willie Beecher.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1910, Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA. ³ Renting at 373 King St: William J. Beecher, 33, was married for 9 years to wife Emma, 26. She had given birth to 11 children, 6 alive in 1910. Living with them: Anne, 7; Willie, 6; Arthur, 5; May, 3; John, 2; and William's father, Hiram, 68, widowed. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. No one had an occupation.

• Census, 1920, Castroville, Monterey County, California, USA. ⁴ William J. Beecher, laborer in salt works, 43, was living with wife Emma, 36; William J., 16; Arthur, 14; May, 13; John L., 11; and Benjamin Franklin, 10. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. William was renting his home, and had served in World War I.

[Note: since Benjamin was not listed in the 1910 Census when the family was living in Tulare, CA, and he was born in 1910, we assume his actual birthplace is Tulare and not Pennsylvania as listed in the 1920 Census.]

• Residence, 1969, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA. ⁵

William married Mary Ellen Huckaby, daughter of Abraham Huckaby and Rosa Ann Tissaw. (Mary Ellen Huckaby was born on 28 Apr 1906 in Merced, Merced County, California, USA,² died on 15 Oct 1984 in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, USA ² and was buried in Pacific Grove: El Carmelo Cemetery, Monterey County, California, USA.)