Elizabeth Leaf Beecher ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Elizabeth was Lizzie Beecher.

   FamilySearch ID: LWWC-VZZ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ² Lyman Beecher, dry goods merchant, 27, was living with Meeta, 25; and Elizabeth, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Lyman had no real estate value, and his personal estate was worth $6000.

2. Census in 1880 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁵ Lyman Beecher, dry goods, 35, was married to Margaret, 34. With them: daughers Lizie, 12; and Lindly, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Reading Times: Pacific Ocean excursion of Daniel H. Beecher and granddaughter Lizzie Beecher., 3 May 1883, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ Pottstown Affairs. Mr. Daniel H. Beecher and his grand-daughter Miss Lizzie Beecher, of this place, leave to-morrow morning for Philadelphia where they will join Cook's grand excursion to the Pacific Ocean. The party is limited to sixty persons and a special train of three Pullman Palace cars will leave Philadelphia at 4 o'clock. A Southern route will be taken going, touching Washington, Baltimore, Mammoth Cave, Ky., St. Louis, Yosemite Valley, and all places of interest. It will take about two and one-half months to complete this trip.

4. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: TRAVELERS — Daniel H. Beecher, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Beecher and their daughter, Miss Lizzie Beecher, left Pottstown this morning for Jacksonville, Fla., where they will remain for two weeks., 8 Feb 1888, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁷ .

5. Residence: on 1 Nov 1892 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹

6. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 1508 Oxford: George A. Lancaster, manufacturer, 28, born Jan 1872 living with his wife of 7 years Eliza B., 31, Nov 1869; daughter Sophie, 6, Aug 1894; father Laman Beecher, widowed, retired, 56, Jun 1844; and two servants born in Ireland: Margaret Martin, 20; and Annie White, 40. All others and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except George's father in England.

7. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 1303 Broad Street: George Lancaster, manufacturer of vaults and safes, 40, living with wife Elizabeth, 40. they were married for 18 years and had birthed 1 child by 1910. Living with them was daughter Sonia, single, 15. Also in the home was father-in-law Lyman Beecher, widowed, 67; and three servants all born in Ireland: Robert Seebon, coachman, single, 35; Ellen Garrighty, chambermaid, single, 20; and Katherine E. Crane, cook, single, 32. All the others and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Lyman's father n Maryland, and George's father in England.

8. Residence: 1303 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA on 22 Feb 1919 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁰

9. Census in 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded Elizabeth Lancaster, widowed, 65, mother-in-law, living in the $40,000 home owned by Dr. J. Alexander Clarke Jr., physician, 38 and his wife Sophia L., 35. Living with them were three daughters: Elizabeth, student, 12; Anne, student, 8; and Matilda, 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Alexander's father in New Jersey, and daughters Elizabeth and Anne were born in New York.

10. Census in 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹² The 1940 census recorded at 5307 Wakefield Street: Elizabeth Lancaster, widowed, 72, mother-in-law, living in the home owned by Dr. J. Alexander Clarke Jr., physician, 48 and his wife Sophia L., 45. Living with them were three daughters: Elizabeth, student, 22; Anne, student, 18; and Matilda D, 17. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania, except daughter Elizabeth in New York.

11. Cause of Death: metastatic carcinoma due to carcinoma of uterine fundus, 6 Jun 1948, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

12. Residence: 6905 Lincoln Dr., Philadelphia, PA on 6 Jun 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

Elizabeth married George Richards Lancaster, son of Dr. Thomas Lancaster and Sophia Maria Richards, on 1 Nov 1892 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA.¹ (George Richards Lancaster was born on 28 Jan 1873 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,^{1 13 14 15 16} died on 4 Jan 1921 in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, PA ¹⁵ and was buried on 6 Jan 1921 in Philadelphia: Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, PA ¹⁵.)