Benjamin Beecher
(1801-1878)
Margaret Finney
(1804-1886)
Cyrus F. Beecher
(1826-1915)
Emeline Boyd
(1830-1878)
Clara Virginia Beecher
(1851-1928)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Keech

Clara Virginia Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 5 Feb 1851, Coatesville, Chester, PA 1 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): John Keech
  • Died: 1 May 1928, Chester, Delaware, PA at age 77 3 4
  • Buried: 7 May 1928, Chester: Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware, PA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: L67B-GFQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Valley Twp., Chester, PA. 1 Cyrus Beecher, 33, occupation heator, is living with Emmeline, 29; Clara, 9; Sarah, 7; and James, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Coatesville.

2. Census in 1870 in Valley Twp., Chester, PA. 6 The 1870 census recorded Cyrus Beecher, works in rolling mill, 44, living with wife Emaline, 40; Clara V., 19; Sallie, 17; James, works in rolling mill, 13; Walter, 9; Mary, 6; and Lewis, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Penningtonville.

3. Census in 1880 in South Chester, Delaware, PA. 7 The 1880 census recorded John Keech, stone mason, 33, living with wife Clara, 28; and son James L, 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Chester, Delaware, PA. 2 Cyrus Beecher, widowed, 73, born Jul 1826, was living in the household headed by his daughter, Clara Keech, 49, Feb 1851, who was with her children: James, 24, Feb 1876; Emma, 11, Dec 1888. Also in the home is boarder Laura Pancost, 29. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Residence: 840 Almond Street, Philadelphia, PA on 12 Jun 1906 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 5

6. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 8 The 1910 census recorded at 3615 Marshall Street: James Louis Keech, police officer, 34, living with wife Maria, 34; daughter Clara, 2, and Mildred A., 12 months, and James' mother Clara Virginia Keech, 59, widowed. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Maria in England.

7. Census in 1920 in Chester, Delaware, PA. 9 The 1920 census recorded Clara Keech, widowed, 68, living in the household of Andrew Lamont, 42, and his wife Clara, 33; and their daughter Jane, 6.

8. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis, auricullar fibrillation; contributory lobar pneumonia, 1 May 1928, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 4

9. Tombstone: Buried Section H Lot 111, 7 May 1928, Chester: Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware, PA.


Clara married John Keech. (John Keech was born in 1847 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA,3 7 10 died on 29 Jan 1899 in Chester, Delaware, PA 3 and was buried in Chester: Chester Rural Cemetery, Delaware, PA 3.)


Sources


1 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Valley Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1094 Page: 530.

2 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Chester Ward 6, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1404; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1241404.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85557756.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 46819. Clara V. Keech. Father Cyrus Beecher. Mother Sarah Boyd.

5 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/J6MR-K53 Clara Beecher in death record of daughter Sarah Emma Keech, 12 Jun 1906; citing cn 15289, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1319449.

6 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZG7-P3P Clara V Beecher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 16, family 113, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552824.

7 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWFW-MY2 Clara Keech in household of John Keech, South Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 310B, NARA microfilm publication T9.

8 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 43, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1412; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 1106; FHL microfilm: 1375425.

9 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Chester Ward 6, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1561; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 530.

10 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/J6MR-K53 John Keech in death record of daughter Sarah Emma Keech, 12 Jun 1906; citing cn 15289, Department of Records; FHL microfilm 1319449.



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