Jonathan Missimer Neiman
(1835-1916)
Mary Elilzabeth Dunlap
(1842-1921)
Edgar Potts Neiman
(1877-1951)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Katharyne Elizabeth Beecher

Edgar Potts Neiman 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 21 Feb 1877, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Katharyne Elizabeth Beecher on 2 Jul 1904 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1
  • Died: 4 Jun 1951, Denver, Denver, CO at age 74 4
  • Buried: 6 Jun 1951, Denver: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: L6RW-BLX.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Reading Times: Neiman Receives Bad News, 29 Jun 1904, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 1 While about to leave Pottstown for Philadelphia to attend the wedding of his son, Edgar P. Neiman, and Miss Elizabeth Catharine Beecher, Magistrate Johnathan M. Neiman, a prominent Grand Army man, was stricken blind by the news that his other son, Howard, has sustained serious injuries by falling from a cherry tree.

2. Residence: 939 N. Watts St., Philadelphia, Pa. on 1 Apr 1905 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

3. Census in 1910 in Denver, Denver, CO. 6 The 1910 census recorded renting at 2335 Colfax: Edgar P. Neiman, decorator florist, 33, living with wife Katherine E., 36. They were married for 5 years and had birthed one child, no longer alive in 1910. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Occupation: Secretary and Manager of Park Floral Co., 1643 Broadway, Denver, Co. on 12 Sep 1918 in Denver, Denver, CO. 3

5. Residence: 2335 E. Colfax, Denver, Co. on 12 Sep 1918 in Denver, Denver, CO. 3

6. Census in 1920 in Denver, Denver, CO. 7 The 1920 census recorded renting at 1531 Filmore St.: Edgar P. Neiman, florist, 42, living with wife Katherine E., 40. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1940 in Denver, Denver, CO. 8 The 1940 census recorded renting at 861 Humboldt St.: Edgar P. Neiman, florist, 63, living with wife Katharyn E., 66. They were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Obituary: Pottstown Mercury: obituary of Edgar Potts Neiman. on 5 Jun 1951 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 9 EDGAR (POTTS) NEIMAN, 74 of DENVER, COLO., a former resident and husband of Katharyne (Beecher) Neiman, died yesterday at his Denver home. Mr. Neiman was in ill health for more than two years. He was born in Pottstown, a son of Jonathan and Mary (Dunlap) Neiman. A florist all his life, Neiman learned the floral business in Pottstown before moving to Philadelphia. He later lived in New Mexico before settling in Denver, where he had resided for the past 40 years. At the time of his death, he was a partner in the Parks Floral company, of Denver.
He is survived by two brothers and a sister, Cassimer Neiman, Pottstown RD 3; Mrs. Florence Davis, Pittman, N. J., and Howard Neiman, Colebrookdale.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Denver's St. John's Episcopal cathedral.


Edgar married Katharyne Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Samuel Finney Beecher Sr. and Elizabeth Shuler Patton, on 2 Jul 1904 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.1 (Katharyne Elizabeth Beecher was born on 19 Mar 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,10 11 12 died on 8 May 1953 and was buried on 8 May 1953 in Denver: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO 11.)


Sources


1 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 29 Jun 1904, page 3.

2 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBT2-3Q9 Edgar Neiman father of Katharyne Neiman, 01 Apr 1905; citing , Department of Records; FHL microfilm 2111564.

3 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZKJ-X86 Edgar Potts Neiman, 1917-1918; citing Denver City no 5, Colorado, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126781731.

5 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6VG-6RC Katherine Neiman in entry for Catherine Elizabeth Neiman, 01 Apr 1905; citing cn 8280, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1023271.

6 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Denver Ward 8, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T624_115; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0101; FHL microfilm: 1374128.

7 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2L-CJX Edgar P Neiman, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing ED 241, sheet 4A, line 6, family 78.

8 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRD2-64D Edgar P Neiman, Tract 32, Denver, Election District K, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-131, sheet 66A, line 1, family 307.

9 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 5 Jun 1951, Page 7. Obituary of Edgar Potts Neiman.

10 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20-Ward Philadelphia, Series: T623 Roll: 1461 Page: 250.

11 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126781732.

12 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2F1-RYQ Catharine E. Beecher, 19 Mar 1869.



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