Alfred Beacher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Alfred were Alford Beacher and Alford Bicher.

  Christening Notes:

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1900, Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ In the 1900 Census in Mahanoy Township (and indexed incorrectly in the census as William Beesher) is William Beecher, age 63, born Aug 1846, day laborer. He is living with wife Priscilla, 47, born Jan 1853. She was married to him for 17 years, had born 10 children, 8 still alive in 1900 (some by her first marriage). With them are son Nathan, July 1885, 14, day laborer; son John, July 1888, 11; son Alfred, Jan 1892, 8; daughter Laura, Aug 1894, 5. William is renting the home.

• School, 1900. ^{2 8} When William Beacher died, his children were eligible to be sent to schools for fatherless boys because he was a Civil War solider.

The children of William Beacher listed in the state report:

Beacher, John J., b. Nov. 17 1889, admitted to school Feb. 16 1901, School: I, Father: Dead, Mother: Living, Soldier: William Beacher, Rank: Pvt., Company: C 194th Pa., Application By: Pricilla Beacher, Shenandoah

Beacher, Alford, b. Jan. 21 1892, admitted to school Feb. 16 1901, School: CS, Father: Dead, Mother: Living, Soldier: William Beacher, Rank: Pvt., Company: C 194th Pa., Application by: Pricilla Beacher, Shenandoah

Beacher, Laura, b. Sep. 23 1894, Admitted to school: Nov. 16 1903, School: CS, Father: Dead, Mother: Dead, Soldier: William Beacher Pvt. C 194th Pa., Application by: Wm. H. Derrick, Shenandoah

The schools were:
I = S. O. Industrial School in Scotland, Franklin County, PA
CS = Chester Springs School in Chester County, PA.

• Census, 1920, North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁹ Alfred Beacher, occupation oiler in engine company, 27, was living with wife Emma, 21; and son Jack, 2 years 9 months. Jack was born in Ohio, the parents and their parents in Pennsylvania.

• Residence, 1978, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA. ¹⁰

Alfred married Emma Jane Beecroft, daughter of Lynn Beecroft and Mary Anne. (Emma Jane Beecroft was born on 11 Jun 1899 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA,^{2 3 7} died on 23 Dec 1977 in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, USA ^{3 5} and was buried in Templeville: Templeville Cemetery, Caroline County, Maryland, USA ^{3 5}.)