John Beecher Sr.
(1760-1819)
Mary Ann Albrecht
(1762-1834)
Jacob Graef
George Beecher
(1790-1842)
Maria Barbara Graef
(1792-1848)
Mary Ann Beecher
(Abt 1827-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Lawrence

2. Abraham Troxel

Mary Ann Beecher 1 2 3 4

  • Born: Abt 1827, , Berks, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Charles Lawrence
  • Marriage (2): Abraham Troxel
  • Died: , Berks, PA 4

   Another name for Mary was Mary Beichert.6

   FamilySearch ID: L69K-3XD.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 7 The 1840 census recorded George Biecher with this household:
Males (born)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 (son Harrison)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 (father George)
Females (born)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 2 (daughters Mary Ann & Catharine)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 (mother Maria).

2. She appeared as a sponsor at a baptism on 24 Mar 1843 at Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA. 8

3. Census in 1850 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 1 William Beacher, age 33, blacksmith, is living with wife Sarah, also 33; Reuben, 11; Mary, 7; John, 3; Levi, 1. Also in the home are William's sister, Mary Beecher, 23; and William's brother Harrison Beecher, 17, also a blacksmith. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1860 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 3 The 1860 census recorded Abraham Troxel, day laborer, 45, living with wife Mary, 32; and John H., 2. Also in the home is Ellen Lorentz, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1880 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA. 9 The 1880 census recorded Mary Troxel, widowed, 54, living with son George, farm laborer, 18. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is Mary's daughter Ellen, 27, living with her husband Augustus Miller, farm laborer, 29; son Jonathan, 4; Daniel, 2; and Katie, 5 months, born in Dec 1879. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Mary married Charles Lawrence. (Charles Lawrence died about 1853 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 4.)


Mary next married Abraham Troxel. (Abraham Troxel was born about 1815 in , Berks, PA 2 3 and died before 1880 in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA.)


Sources


1 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Lower Heidelberg Township, Series: M432 Roll: 753 Page: 456.

2 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 40773. John H. Troxel. Father Abraham Troxel. Mother Mary Beecher. Wife Sallie M. Troxel. Informant Robert D. Troxel.

3 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1075; Page: 397; Image: 404; Family History Library Film: 805075.

4 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, Family tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

5 Ancestry.com, Berks County, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1852-55, 1894-1906 (Original data: Berks County Pennsylvania Register of Wills. Berks County PA Death Records 1852-1855; 1894-1906. Reading, PA, USA. Berksregofwills.com), Vol. 1, page 68, line 31. Mary A. Troxel, 1896.

6 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 5431. George W. Troxel. Father Abraham Troxel. Mother Mary Beichert. Wife Hettie Troxel. Informant Norman Troxel.

7 1840 United States Census, George Biecher Heidelberg Township, Berks PA.

8 Kershner, W. J. (William Jacob), 1852-1926; Lerch, Adam G., joint author, History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna (Reading, Pa., I. M. Beaver. 1916. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyofstjohns00ker .), Page 170, baptism of Mary Beecher.

9 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXM-8K9 Mary Troxel, Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 324A.



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