Samuel Beeker
(1829-1909)
Ellen J. Gallimore
(1831-1909)
William Valentine Cook
(1836-1922)
Margaret Marie Barnett
(1831-1914)
John Henderson Beeker
(1868-1955)
Nannie Ila Cook
(1869-1913)
Ethel Mae Beeker
(1904-1989)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Fred Davis

Ethel Mae Beeker 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 30 Oct 1904, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): William Fred Davis on 14 Dec 1924 in , Forsyth, NC, USA 1
  • Died: 20 Jul 1989, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA at age 84 3
  • Buried: Winston-Salem: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth, NC, USA

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Occupation: clerical, civic service on 20 Jul 1898 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 3

2. Residence: 1515 Lynwood Ave., Winston-Salem, NC on 20 Jul 1898 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 3

3. Census in 1910 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC, USA. 2 The 1910 census recorded living on Mill Bridge Road: John Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], laborer, odd jobs, 43, with wife Nannie, 42; May Lillie, 16; Ola, 13; Halley, 11; Mamie, 8; Ethel, 5; and Mitchel, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. John and Nannie were married for 19 years and she had birthed 7 children, all alive in 1910.

4. Census in 1920 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA. 5 The 1920 census recorded at 311 Rigsbee Avenue 3 Beeker sisters boarding in the home of Benjamin Styron, general collector, 62, and his wife Jennie A., 50: May L. Beeker, laborer in tobacco factory, 24, single; Mamie Beeker, laborer in tobacco factory, 18, single; and Ethel Beeker, 15, single.

5. Census in 1950 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 6 The 1950 census recorded at 122 South Marshall Street: Raymond C. Cook, barber in own barber shop, 53, living with wife Mae L., beauty operator in own beauty shop, 56; Mae's sister Ethel Davis, clerk typist for veteran's administration, 45; Ethel's son William F. Davis, automobile salesman, 24; and Mae and Ethel's father, John H. Beeker, widowed, 82. Everyone was born in North Carolina.


Ethel married William Fred Davis, son of W. A. Davis and Maggie Wilson, on 14 Dec 1924 in , Forsyth, NC, USA.1 (William Fred Davis was born on 1 Jul 1898 in , , NC,1 4 7 died on 29 Oct 1940 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA 4 7 and was buried in Winston-Salem: Salem Cemetery, Forsyth, NC, USA 7.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8X8-T5J William F. Davis and Ethel Beeker, 14 Dec 1924; citing , Forsyth, North Carolina.

2 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3L-RHM John Becker, Atwell, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 6B, family 112.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGZY-9TL Ethel Beeker Davis, 20 Jul 1989; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, v 30A certificate number 30016.

4 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP2F-5XK William Fred Davis, 29 Oct 1940; citing Forsyth County, North Carolina.

5 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKK-1PY HH of Benjamin Styron, Durham Ward 1, Durham, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 47, sheet 4B, line 68, family 96.

6 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMS-GV97 Raymond Cook Winston-Salem NC.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64209393.



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