Adam Beecher
(1850-1892)
Christina Barbara Bittinger
(1848-1925)
Jeremiah Clay Long
(1843-1922)
Letitia C. Bohn
(1847-1917)
Edgar Andrew Beecher Sr.
(1883-1943)
Bessie Gale Long
(1885-1965)
Edgar Andrew Beecher Jr.
(1920-1984)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mae Madeline Phillips

Edgar Andrew Beecher Jr. 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 20 Jan 1920, Altoona, Blair, PA 1 2 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Mae Madeline Phillips
  • Died: 27 Mar 1984 at age 64 2 5 7
  • Buried: Altoona: Alto-Reste Park Cemetery, Blair, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LX34-P7R.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Logan Twp., Blair, PA. 3 The 1930 census recorded Edward A. Beecher, 46, living with wife Bessie, 45; Emery L., 22; Catherine, 19; Robert H., 12; Edgar A., 9; and David C., 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Logan Twp., Blair, PA. 1 The 1940 census recorded living at Altoona R.D. 3 51A: Edgar A. Beecher, boiler maker in railroad shop, 57, living with wife Bessie G., 55; sons Edgar A., carpenter helper in post office, 19; and David Clay, 14. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: Altoona Tribune: Births. William Andrew and Edgar Howard Beecher, twin sons of Edgar Andrew and Mae Madeline Phillips Beecher, Greenwood., 28 Mar 1942, Altoona, Blair, PA. 4

4. Residence: on 1 Jan 1943 in Altoona, Blair, PA. 8

5. Military from 5 Jan 1945 to 2 Mar 1946 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA: World War II, Serial # 33-880-896. 6

6. Residence: 1211 Vandergrift Dr, Altoona, PA on 17 Jan 1950 in Altoona, Blair, PA. 6


Edgar married Mae Madeline Phillips, daughter of William Howard Phillips and Helen Marie Smearman. (Mae Madeline Phillips was born on 7 Mar 1922 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,9 died on 21 Jul 2001 in Altoona, Blair, PA 9 10 and was buried in Altoona: Alto-Reste Park Cemetery, Blair, PA 9.)

Sources

1 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQ41-89C Edgar A Beecher, 1940.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77326194.

3 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCHW-365 Edgar A Beecher in entry for Edward A Beecher, 1930.

4 Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA), 28 Mar 1942, page 3.

5 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Edgar Andrew Beecher SSN 173142501.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Applications, WWII, 1950, Edgar A. Beecher Jr., b. 20 Jan 1920.

7 Altoona Mirror (Altoona, PA) (Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania), 28 Mar 1984, obituary of Edgar Andrew Beecher.

8 Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA), 2 Jan 1943, page 10. Obituary of Edgar Andrew Beecher.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77326195.

10 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP6P-TPK Mae M Beecher, 21 Jul 2001.


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