Harold Beecher Rathburn ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Harold was Harold Beecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: GKNY-KPR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Fact: His birth name was Harold Beecher and his father was William Addison Beeacher who died in 1899. Thereafter Harold was raised with surname Rathburn., 2 May 1895, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA.

2. Census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁷ The 1910 census recorded John Winter, express clerk for American Express, 42, living with wife Minnie A., 42. The census columns record they were married for 4 years and she had birthed 1 children who was alive in 1910. With them is stepson Harold B. Rothbum [sic, should be Rathburn], 14. His parents were born in Pennsylvania and he in Illinois. John and Minnie were born in Illinois, as was his parents, but her parents were born in New York.
[Note: stepson Harold Beecher Rathburn's father was Minnie's first husband William Addison Beecher who died in 1899.].

3. Occupation: salesman for Chicago Herald on 5 Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁶

4. He was described as tall, slender, blue eyes, light brown hair on 5 Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁶

5. Residence: 451 Bedlen Avenue, Chicago, IL on 5 Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁶

6. Census in 1920 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded renting a unit at 815 Waveland Avenue: Harold Rathburn, stenographer, 24, living with wife Lillian, 24; and son Harold Jr., 11 months. The record states Harold and his parents were born in Indiana, Lillian in Wisconsin and her parents in Germany, and Harold Jr. in Illinois.

7. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 1310 Winona Avenue Minnie Winter, widow, 72, living with daughter, Nellie Rathbun, widow, 72, and son Harold B. Rathbun, single, 44. Minnie and Nellie were born in Illinois and Harold in Pennsylvania.

8. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded at 4899 Hermitage Avenue: Harold Rathburn, managing real estate office, 44, living with wife Myrtle, 42. He was born in Pennsylvania and she in Illinois. His annual income was $5000.

9. Residence: 4899 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, IL on 27 Apr 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ³

10. Census in 1950 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹¹ The 1950 census recorded at 4899 Hermitage Avenue on the 1st floor: Harold Rathburn, widowed, real estate broker, 50, born in Pennsylvania, living with sister-in-law Eva A. Blair, 68, born in Illinois.

11. Obituary: Chicago Tribune: obituary of Harold B. Rathburn on 19 Oct 1957 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ² Harold B. Rathburn, 4899 N. Hermitage av., died yesterday after a heart attack at Leland and Hermitage avs. He, 62, was a real estate broker with offices at 134 N. La Salle st. Survivors include a son, Robert; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Floback, and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the chapel at 5303 N. Western av.

Harold married Lilian Young, daughter of George J. Young Jr. and Mary Steuck, on 14 Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, IL.¹ (Lilian Young was born on 5 Dec 1895 in , , WI,^{12 13} died on 16 Apr 1983 in , San Diego, CA, USA ^{12 13} and was buried in Bonita: Glen Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, CA, USA ¹².)

Harold next married Myrtle Blair on 5 Mar 1935 in Chicago, Cook, IL. (Myrtle Blair was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Chicago, Cook, IL,¹⁴ died on 4 Jun 1944 in Chicago, Cook, IL ^{14 15} and was buried on 7 Jun 1944 in Chicago: Rosehill Cemetery, Cook, IL, USA ^{14 15}.)