Capt. Joseph J. Hawk
(1824-1901)
Mary Jane
(1827-1908)
Isabella W. Hawk
(1848-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Abram Philemon Beecher

Isabella W. Hawk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: Nov 1848, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Abram Philemon Beecher on 9 Apr 1873 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ 1
  • Died: 19 Apr 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 54 3 9 10
  • Buried: Wilmington: Riverview Cemetery, New Castle, DE, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LV3W-K6J.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 11 The 1850 census recorded Joseph Hawk, house carpenter, 26, living with wife Mary Jane, 23, and daughter Isabella, 1. They were in the household headed by James P. Webb, carpenter, 29, and his wife Catherine, 22, and their son Joseph, 3 months. Also in the home was Mary Webb, 58. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Mary in New Jersey.

2. Census in 1860 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ. 12 The 1860 census recorded Joseph J. Hawk, carpenter, 37, living with wife Mary J., 33; and daughter Isabella W. Hawk, 12. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph's house was valued at $2500.

3. Census in 1880 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. 2 The 1800 census recorded at 218 West Ninth Street: A. P. Beecher, photographer, 46, living with wife Isabella W., 31; daughters Emma M., 18; Philomena, 6; and Mabel, 5. Also in the home is servant Tillie Wright, 18, black. A. P. was born in Connecticut and his parents in New York. Isabella, her parents, and Emma were born in Pennsylvania. Philomena and Mabel were born in Delaware.

4. Census in 1900 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. 4 The 1900 census recorded owning at 218 West Ninth Street: Albert C. Beecher [sic], 66, born Jan 1834, living with wife Isabella W., 52, Nov 1848; and daughters Philomena, 26, Feb 1874, and Mable, 25, Apr 1875. They were married for 27 years and Isabella had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1900. Albert and his parents were born in Connecticut. Isabella and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Their daughters were born in Delaware.

5. Cause of Death: carcinoma, 19 Apr 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 10 Colimeghn.

6. Obituary: Sunday Morning Star: "BEECHER -- On April 19, Isabelle W. Beecher, aged 54 years, No. 218 West Ninth street." on 26 Apr 1903 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. 9


Isabella married Abram Philemon Beecher, son of Leman Beecher and Catherine Shew, on 9 Apr 1873 in Trenton, Mercer, NJ.1 (Abram Philemon Beecher was born on 16 Jan 1834 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT 4 13 14 15 16, christened on 1 Jul 1834 in Kent: First Congregational Church, Litchfield, CT,17 died on 5 Aug 1913 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE 15 16 and was buried on 8 Aug 1913 in Wilmington: Riverview Cemetery, New Castle, DE, USA 15 16.)


Sources


1 New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZN6-44V A.P. Beecher and Isabella W. Hawk, 09 Apr 1873.

2 1880 United States Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 119; Family History Film: 1254119; Page: 289C; Enumeration District: 012; Image: 0058.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17694547.

4 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M31L-HW3 Albert C Beecher, Wilmington Hundred, Precinct 52 Wilmington city Ward 5, New Castle, Delaware, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 87.

5 William H. Beecher IV and Jim Shaw, Descendants of John Beecher 1594-1637 (On Rootsweb at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billjim), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billjim&id=I23342.

6 Ancestry.com, Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLJL-1J8 Mabel Beecher, 29 Apr 1875.

7 Ancestry.com, Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLJL-1JX Philomena Beecher 27 Feb 1874.

8 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FNTW-GHY Philomena Beecher Field, 26 Aug 1946; citing Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 1,944,091.

9 Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware), 26 Apr 1903, page 6. Death of Isabelle W. Beecher.

10 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNP3-7M8 Isabelle W. Beecher d. 19 Apr 1903 in Philadelphia, PA.

11 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4CG-WHY Isabella Hawk in household of James P Webb, Penn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 122.

12 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFHP-CJG Joseph J Hawk, 6th Ward, City Of Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; p. 97, household ID 91.

13 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ5K-HYT Abraham D Beecher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 88, family 716.

14 Family Bible of Leman Beecher - Cahterine Shew (http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.beecher/269/mb.ashx).

15 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17694220.

16 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961, Death Certificate 12. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FNTX-GH8 Abram P. Beecher, 05 Aug 1913; citing Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 1,944,032.

17 Ancestry.coms, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 (Original Data: Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.), Vol. 55, Kent. Online image 17. Abraham Philemon Beecher s.Leman & Catharine.



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