John Tracy
Eliza Hart
Elizabeth Agnes Tracy
(1871-1951)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Hull Joseph Beeker

Elizabeth Agnes Tracy 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 1 Mar 1871, , , KS 6
  • Marriage (1): John Hull Joseph Beeker on 2 Nov 1886 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA 1
  • Died: 24 Oct 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA at age 80 6

   Another name for Elizabeth was Lizzie Tracy.

   FamilySearch ID: GQJG-2YZ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. 7 The 1910 census recorded at 1658 St. Louis Avenue: L. J. Beeker, commercial trucker for steel and iron, 43, living with wife L., 43; daughter Esther, bookkeeper for electric manufacturer, 21; and son Emmett, office boy at steel works, 16. The parents were married for 22 years. Esther and L.J. were born in Indiana and his parents in Pennsylvania. L. and her mother were born in Kansas and her father in Ireland. Emmett was born in Ohio.
[Note: why the parents are listed with initials and not names is a mystery since the census taker listed full names for all others on this street. Were they trying to hide their identity?].

2. She appeared in the household of John Hull Joseph Beeker in a census in 1930 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. 8 8 The 1930 census recorded owning a $10,000 home at 7022 Neckel Street: John J. Beeker, general foreman in automobile factory, 63, living with wife Agnes E., 62; their son Emmet R., 37, and his family: wife: Cornelia A., 29; John E., 9; Mary E., 7; and Richard E., 3. John was born in Indiana, Agnes in Kansas, Emmet and Cornelia in Ohio, John E. and Mary in Michigan, and Richard in Florida. John's parents were from Pennsylvania and Agnes' from Kansas. Cornelia's parents were from Indiana.

3. Census in 1940 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI. 9 The 1940 census recorded owning a $7000 home at 7022 Neckel Street: William Gibbons, foreman at auto plant, 54, born in Utah, living with wife Esther, 52, born in Indiana; daughter Elizabeth, typing and shorthand for construction company, 19, born in Michigan, and mother-in-law Elizabeth Beeker, 75, born in Kansas. They lived in the same place in 1935.

4. Obituary: Long Beach Press Telegram: obituary of Elizabeth Beeker on 26 Oct 1951 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA. 10 BEEKER \emdash Mrs. Elizabeth A. Beeker, 91, of 4827 Pepperwood Ave., Lakewood Village, died Oct. 24 at her home. She was a native of Atchison, Kan., and lived for a time in Indiana and Detroit, Mich., before coming to Lakewood in 1949. She was a member of St. Cyprian's parish. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Esther Gibbons of Lakewood; a son, Emmet Beeker of Indianapolis, Ind., two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The rosary will be recited tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Moteell's chapel. Requiem mass will be offered tomorrow at 9 a.m. in St. Cyprian's church. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Detroit.


Elizabeth married John Hull Joseph Beeker, son of William M. Beeker and Elizabeth Cena Zeigler, on 2 Nov 1886 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA.1 (John Hull Joseph Beeker was born on 23 Jan 1867 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA,2 11 12 died on 12 Oct 1938 in Dearborn, Wayne, MI 2 11 and was buried on 15 Oct 1938 in Southfield: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Oakland, MI, USA 2.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFX4-4B5 Jno. H. Beeker Or Becker and Eliza Fracey, 02 Nov 1886; citing reference Item 4 p 138; FHL microfilm 872,060.

2 Ancestry.com, "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952" (Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.), Certificate 982 1803. John H. Beeker. Father William Beeker. Mother Elizabeth Zeigler. Spouse Elizabeth Beeker.

3 FamilySearch.org, Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3YT-9TS Emmet R. Beeker and Cornelia A. Seibel, 18 Oct 1919; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, v 1 p 376 rn 183278.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Esther Gertrude Beeker Gibbons. Father John H. Beeker. Mother Elizabeth A. Tracy.

5 FamilySearch.org, "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMN-YN4W Wm J Gibbons and Ester Beeker, Marriage 17 Jun 1911; citing Catholic Church parishes, Chicago Diocese, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,578,084.

6 FamilySearch.org, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7C-75D Elizabeth A Beeker, 24 Oct 1951.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8V-X6D L J Beeker, Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1484, sheet 10A, family 267.

8 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7M2-8DS John J Beeker, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 890, sheet 1B, line 95, family 20.

9 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHM9-7SP William Gibbons, Tract 834, Dearborn, Dearborn City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-29, sheet 9A, line 3, family 143.

10 Long Beach Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), 26 Oct 1951, page 26. Obituary of Elziabeth Beeker.

11 FamilySearch.org, Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQH-VVM John H Beeker, 12 Oct 1938; citing Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan.

12 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), SSN 384-01-9939 John Joseph Beeker b. 23 Jan 1867 in Otterbein, IN father William Beeker, mother Elizabeth.



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