Helen Edith Main
(1884-1975)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Hyberger Beecher
2. Ray Stephenson

Helen Edith Main 1 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 2 Nov 1884, , , IL 1
  • Marriage (1): George Hyberger Beecher on 20 Aug 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT 1
  • Marriage (2): Ray Stephenson on 7 Apr 1901 in , Jackson, KS, USA 2
  • Died: 23 Sep 1975, , Los Angeles, CA at age 90 6
  • Buried: Whittier: Rose Hills Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA 6

   FamilySearch ID: L2GW-D7R.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: on 7 Apr 1901 in Shawnee, Johnson, KS, USA. 2

2. Census in 1910 in Omaha, Douglas, NE. 7 The 1910 census recorded at 1907 Emmet Street: Ray Stephenson, secretary for investment company, 30, living with wife Edith, 30; and daughter Alice, 7, and son Randall, 5. Ray was born in Kansas and his parents in Ohio. Edith and her parents were born in Illinois. Alice and her father were born in Kansas and her mother in Illinois. Randall was born in Nebraska.

3. Census in 1920 in Galesburg, Knox, IL, USA. 8 The 1920 census recorded renting at 1470 East Knox Street: G. H. Beecher, furniture buyer in department store, 40, living with wife Helen, 36; and daughter Alice Beecher, 17. George and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Helen and her parents were born in Illinois. Alice was born in Nebraska, and her parents in Pennsylvania, indicating she is the daughter of G. H.'s first wife.

4. Residence: 1926 Alhambra City Directory: Beecher Geo H (Helen) h2415 Ivar av, Rosemead, CA in 1926 in Rosemead, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 9

5. Census in 1930 in El Monte, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 10 The 1930 census recorded owning a $7000 home at 2415 Ivar: George H. Beecher, salesman in radio store, 50, iving with wife Helen, 46, and stepson W. Stephenson, 25. George was 30 when he married Helen who as 17 at that time. George and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Helen and her parents were born in Illinois. W. was born in Nebraska, his father in Kansas, and mother in Illinois.


Helen married George Hyberger Beecher, son of Charles Keichline Beecher Sr. and Mary W. Lentz, on 20 Aug 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT.1 (George Hyberger Beecher was born on 24 Jun 1876 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA,11 12 13 died on 10 Feb 1931 in Rosemead, Los Angeles, CA, USA 13 14 15 and was buried on 18 Feb 1931 in Philadelphia: Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA 13 14.)


Helen next married Ray Stephenson on 7 Apr 1901 in , Jackson, KS, USA.2 (Ray Stephenson was born on 10 Sep 1879 in Alexander, Athens, OH, USA 16 17.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSGY-D99 George H. Beecher and Helen Main.

2 Ancestry.com, Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.), Marriage Ray Stephenson and Edith Main.

3 Alhambra Post Advocate (Alhambra, Los Angeles, California.), 11 Feb 1931, obituary of George H. Beecher.

4 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK3-9QY Helen Main in entry for William Thomas Hines and Alice Florence Stephenson, 14 Jul 1920; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,412,071.

5 FamilySearch.org, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBX-WDS Wendall John Stephenson, 01 Nov 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134725526.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML47-W7B Ray Stephenson, Omaha Ward 5, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.

8 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ4P-KZY G H Beecher, Galesburg Ward 7, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 6A.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 1926 Alhambra California City Directory, page 500, online image 264.

10 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF2-CJH George H Beecher.

11 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3WF-KTJ George H Beecher, 1900.

12 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/JXZT-BLV George H. Beecher in entry for George Leslie Beecher, 1903.

13 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159999792.

14 Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://www.Ancestry.com. Original from Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 1216. Image 1210. Burial records from Mount Peace Cemetery, plot deeded to Charles K. Beecher.

15 Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (State of California. California Death Index, 1905-1939. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-PLV3 George H Beecher, 10 Feb 1931; citing Death Certificate 9717, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

16 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JJ-Y3L Ray Stephenson.

17 FamilySearch.org, Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962, Ray Stephenson b. 10 Sep 1879, father Bruce, mother Martha Winget.



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