Elda Josephine Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: LVZX-SYN.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded Frank Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor handwriting of Beeker by census taker], farmer, 43, living with wife Pearl, 28; Ross, 7; Lewis, 5; Mary Jane, 3; and Josephine, 1. The next home is Manford Beeker, widowed, farmer, 67, living alone. Eveyone and their parents were born in Indiana. The census column records Pearl had birthed 5 children and 4 were alive in 1900.

2. Census in 1920 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded renting a home at 402 Prune Avenue: Frank E. Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor handwriting of Beeker by census taker], boiler maker at railroad shop, 52, living with wife Pearl A., 37; Ross N., photographer at art gallery, 17; Lewis E., 14; Mary J., 12; E. Josephine, 10; and Alice M., 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana, except Frank's mother in Ohio, and Pearl's father in Kentucky and mother in New Jersey.

3. Census in 1930 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded renting a home for $30 a month at 6 South 26th Street: Pearl Beeker, widowed, works at coal company, 48, living with Lewis E., 25; Josephine, stenographer at Purdue University, 21; Alice, 16; and Robert, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Pearl's father in Kentucky and mother in New Jersey.

4. Residence: on 19 Jan 1954 in Long Island City, Queens, NY, USA. ¹²

5. Residence: on 7 May 1972 in Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. ³

6. Residence: on 23 Feb 1986 in Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. ⁸

7. Arrival: 1999, in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD. ⁶

8. Obituary: The Daily Times: obituary of Josephine B. Hall on 28 Jan 2003 in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD. ⁶ Josephine B. Hall
SALISBURY -- Josephine B. Hall, 93, of Salisbury, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. Born in Battleground, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Pearl Bartlett Beeker. Mrs. Hall moved to New York City in her 20s to be married and until coming to Salisbury in 1999 was retired in Sarasota, Fla. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Leroy Hall of Salisbury; a son and his wife, Robert and Lindy Hall; grandchildren, Dana Williams and husband, Chris, Joshua Hall and his wife, and Ashley, Dona, Joseph, Christy and Noah Hall; six great-grandchildren, Lauren, Luke, Seth and Danielle Williams and Alexis and Ellie Hall; and a brother, Robert Beeker of Lafayette, Ind. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Providence Presbyterian Church in Salisbury, with calling hours from 3 to 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Jason Shelton will officiate. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Providence Presbyterian Church, 311 Parker Road, Salisbury, Md. 21804, or your favorite charity. Arrangements are being handled by Holloway Funeral Home at 501 Snow Hill Road In Salisbury.

Elda married Leroy Robert Hall, son of Kinsey Ellsworth Hall and Retta Mae Crecelius, on 14 Oct 1933 in New York, New York, NY.¹ (Leroy Robert Hall was born on 11 Dec 1906 in Linton, Greene, IN,^{1 4 5 13} died on 8 Aug 2007 in Salisbury, Wicomico, MD ^{5 13} and was buried in Salisbury: Parsons Cemetery, Wicomico, MD, USA ¹³.)