Christian Beecher
John Bernard Beecher
(1832-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Seraphine Mathide

2. Maria H.

John Bernard Beecher 1

  • Born: 13 Jul 1832, Mühlhausen, , TH, DEU 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Seraphine Mathide
  • Marriage (2): Maria H.
  • Died: 30 Nov 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, NY at age 87
  • Buried: 4 Dec 1919, Brooklyn: Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings, NY

   Another name for John was John B. Becher.2

   FamilySearch ID: L67Z-RKB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He emigrated in Oct 1869 from Bremen, , HB, DEU. 2

2. He was naturalized on 13 Oct 1876 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 2

3. Census in 1880 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 3 The 1880 census recorded John B. Beecher, 47, living with wife Seraphine, 30; and son John Christian, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Germany.

4. Census in 1892 in New Utrecht, Kings, NY. 1

5. Passport Application signed John B. Becher on 14 Apr 1903 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 2

6. He signed a will on 22 Nov 1917 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 4

7. Death Certificate: N.Y. State Death Certificate 22792 for John B. Beecher, 30 Nov 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, NY. John B. Beecher
Residence: 1059 60th St., Brooklyn New York.
Birth: July 13 1832, Germany.
Occupation: store keeper.
Father: Christian Beecher, Germany.
Mother: unknown.
Died: Nov. 21, 1919 at 10 pm
Buried at Green-Wood Cemetery on Dec.4, 1919.

8. Residence: 1059 60th Street on 30 Nov 1919 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 4

9. John's son Christian contested the will and settlement of John's estate in court with John's 2nd wife Maria and her son. See the source link for 40+ pages of documents. on 6 Dec 1919 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. 4


John married Seraphine Mathide. (Seraphine Mathide was born about 1849 in Crefeld, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU 1.)


John next married Maria H. (Maria H. was born about 1875 in , , , DEU 5.)

Sources

1 New York, State Census, 1892, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQQZ-C12 John B Beecher, 1892.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C; Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 619. Passport 68908. John B. Becher.

3 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZDW-L17 John B. Beecher, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing sheet 39D, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0856.

4 FamilySearch.org, New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15237-5559-28?cc=1466356&wc=7787142.

5 New York, State Census, 1905, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK95-6RT Mary Beecher in entry for John B Beecher, 1905.


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