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William S. Snyder
(1834-1909)
Harriet Eisenhart
(1839-1901)
Elias Smith
(-1855)
Priscilla Riegel
(1836-1857)
Henry Calvin Snyder
(1857-1940)
Elizabeth Ann Smith
(1856-1908)
Bertha Priscilla Snyder
(1885-1959)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Benjamin Franklin Beacher Jr

Bertha Priscilla Snyder 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 11 Jun 1885, Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA 1 3 4
  • Christened: 1885, Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Marriage: Benjamin Franklin Beacher Jr on 10 May 1905 in ?Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church 1 2
  • Died: 5 Jan 1959, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 73 1
  • Buried: Allentown: Grandview Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1900, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. 3 She is listed as Bertha Snyder living with her parents and working in a silk mill at age 14.

• Census, 1910, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 The listing shows Bertha Snyder (age 25) living with her husband, Benjamin F Beacher (age 33), daughter Ruth (4), and son Paul (1), as well as Bertha's father-in-law Benjamin Beacher, Sr (65). Also living there is Cora Smith, an 18-year-old servant.

• Baby Died at Birth, 1912. 4


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Bertha married Benjamin Franklin Beacher Jr, son of Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr and Sarah Jane Jacobs, on 10 May 1905 in ?Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church.1 2 (Benjamin Franklin Beacher Jr was born on 7 Feb 1878 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA,1 6 7 8 died on 23 Dec 1949 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 1 8 and was buried in Dec 1949 in Allentown: Grandview Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 1 8.)


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Sources


1 Genealogy Research conducted by Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D. (1919-2004).

2 Schalk, Adolf W. and Hon. D.C. Henning, editors, History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (State Historical Association, 1907. Found in Pennsylvania State Library, R974.863 Sch. 13 V.2), Volume II, pages 44-46.

3 1900 United States Census, Enumeration District 71 Visit 121.

4 Bertha Priscilla Snyder, Bible of Bertha Priscilla Snyder.

5 1910 United States Census, Enumeration District 0086 Visit 0069.

6 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255192; National Archives Film T9-1192; Page 7C.

7 1900 United States Census, Enumeration District 168 Visit 128 Ward 3.

8 Zitkus, Mae Beacher (15 May 1978 Letter to Bruce Beacher).


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