Manford A. Beeker
(1843-1929)
Mary Magdalene Stoyker
(1845-1895)
Enoch Hendrickson
(1843-1913)
Mary Jane Beasy
(Abt 1846-)
John L. Beeker
(1869-1937)
Dora Hendrickson
(1869-1942)
Bernice M. Beeker
(1905-1990)

 

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Bernice M. Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 14 Apr 1905, Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN 1 4 5 6
  • Died: 3 Jan 1990, Monroe, Monroe, MI, USA at age 84 1 4 5
  • Buried: Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: LVZK-BZC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 7 The 1910 census recorded John L. Becker [sic, as indexed because handwriting of Beeker is poor], farmer, 40, living with wife Dora, 40; Opal, 16; Hazel, 14; Magdalene, 13; Manford, 11; and Burnice, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana. John and Dora were married for 17 years and she had birthed 5 children all alive in 1910.

2. Census in 1920 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 8 The 1920 census recorded owning his home: John L. Becker [sic, as indexed because handwriting in census of Beeker is hard to read], farmer, 50, living with wife Dora, 50; and daughter Bernice, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 9 Dec 1937 in Monroe, Monroe, MI, USA. 3

4. Residence: on 25 Mar 1942 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN. 2

5. Arrival: 1943, in Monroe, Monroe, MI, USA. 6

6. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: Beekers File Suit To Break Will, 27 Oct 1956, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 9 Suit To Break Will Is Filed
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FRANKFORT -- Suit to set aside the will of May B. Black, filed for probate in Circuit court, was instituted Friday by eight persons -- Opal Aper, Hazel Chenoweth, Manford Beeker, Bernice Beeker, Clifford Beeker, Leonard Beeker, John Beeker and Stephen Beeker against Magdeline Hornbeck as executrix of the estate and Magdoline Hornback, Thornton Beeker and Katheryn Shigley as heirs named in the will. The estate includes real estate in Clinton and Tippecanoe counties estimated to be worth $30,000. The will was drawn April 11, 1950. The complaint alleges undue influence in the writing of the will.

7. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Bernice M. Beeker on 6 Jan 1990 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 6 ---
Bernice M. Beeker, 84, Battle Ground native
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Bernice M. Beeker, 84, died Wednesday night in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe, Mich. Born April 14, 1905, in Battle Ground, she graduated from Battle Ground High School and Lafayette Business College. She moved to Monroe from Indiana in 1943. Miss Beeker was a bookkeeper at Gratton Construction Co. in Monroe until her retirement. She was a life member of Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Hazel Chenoweth of Flint, Mich.


Sources


1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146150124.

2 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 26 Mar 1942, page 11. Obituary of Dora Beeker.

3 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 10 Dec 1937, page 10, obituary of John L. Beeker.

4 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1CB-YZ3 Bernice M Beeker, 03 Jan 1990.

5 FamilySearch.org, Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ1P-88Y Bernice M Beeker, 03 Jan 1990.

6 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 6 Jan 1990, page 8. Obituary of Bernice M. Beeker.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5Y-2ZP John L Becker, Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 183, sheet 10B, family 212.

8 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4Y-PYH John L Becker, Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing ED 190, sheet 2B, line 77, family 45.

9 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 27 Oct 1956, page 12. Beekers Suit To Break Will of May B. Black.



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