Stephen Beecher
(Abt 1800-)
Lawrence Beecher
(1848-1913)
Caroline Agnes Kennedy
(1854-1901)
Robert L. Beecher
(1887-1936)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ida C. Taylor

Robert L. Beecher 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 19 Jan 1887, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Ida C. Taylor in 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1
  • Died: 14 Apr 1936, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 49 4 6 7
  • Buried: 18 Apr 1936, Lansdowne: Fernwood Cemetery, Delaware, PA 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: LX3H-3GB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 3 8 The 1900 census recorded Lawrence Beecher, 52, born May 1848, living with wife Carrie A., 46, Jun 1854; William S., 30, Dec 1870; John, 23, Sep 1877; Robert L., 13, Jan 1887; and grandson Russel, 4, Jun 1896, who was born in New Jersey. The other sons were born in Pennsylvania. Carrie was born in South Carolina, and Lawrence in Italy.

2. Occupation: driver on 20 May 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

3. Residence: 628 Mountain St, Philadelphia, PA on 20 May 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

4. Residence: 2607 S. Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. on 21 Feb 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 9

5. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 10 The 1920 census recorded renting at 2607 S. Franklin Street: Robert L. Beecher, sponger in cloth house, 33, living with wife Ida P., 32, and son William James Beecher, 9 years and 2 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except Robert's father was born in Italy.

6. Census in 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 11 The 1930 census recorded renting for $45 a month a home at 2846 Sheridan Street: Robert L. Bucher [indexed wrong, handwriting is Beecher], hauling - own business, 43, living with wife Ida, 42; William, chaueffer - hauling, 19; and daughter-in-law Anna, 18. Also in the home are two lodgers: Anthony Dukes, 16, helper - hauling contractor, and James Turnboll, 18, apprentice in electrical shop. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except Robert's father in Italy.

7. Cause of Death: Died at Pennsylvania Hospital of lobar pneumonia, 14 Apr 1936, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4

8. Residence: 2849 S. Fairhill, Philadelphia, Pa. on 14 Apr 1936 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4


Robert married Ida C. Taylor in 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.1 (Ida C. Taylor was born in 1888 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,12 13 died on 18 Jun 1950 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 12 13 14 and was buried on 22 Jun 1950 in Lansdowne: Fernwood Cemetery, Delaware, PA 12 13.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, Marriage License 240819. Ida P. Taylor and Robert L. Beecher, 1909, Philadelphia.

2 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6K8-6NN Robert L Beecher, 1917-1918.

3 1900 United States Census, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3WB-GMX Lawrence Beecher, 1900.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 34548. Robert Beecher. Father Lawrence Beecher. Mother Caroline Kennedy.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1914, Certificate 77264. William Jos. Beecher, b. 20 May 1910 in Philadelphia, father Robert L. Beecher, mother Ida P. Taylor.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89246543.

7 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Beecher, Robert, death certificate 34548, died Philadelphia 14 Apr 1936.

8 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3WB-GMX Lawrence Beecher, 1900.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 22167, Infant Beecher. Father Robt L Beecher, mother Ida C Taylor.

10 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1640; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1422; Image: 589.

11 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHWB-P27 Robert L Bucher, Philadelphia (Districts 0001-0250), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 189, sheet 50A, line 9, family 799.

12 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89246582.

13 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 54632. Ida Beecher. Father William Taylor. Mother Mary Wile.

14 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 54632, Ida Beecher.



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