Josephine E. Dawson
(1860-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob H. Beecher

Josephine E. Dawson 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 2 May 1860, , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Jacob H. Beecher <1880> 1
  • Died: 22 Feb 1903, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA at age 42 4 7
  • Buried: Millersville: Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LD7D-V6J.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in West Lampeter, Lancaster, PA. 2 The 1880 census recorded Jacob Bleecher, farm laborer, 23, living with his wife, Josephine, 20. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 1 Living at 217 Locust Street in 1900 in the city of Lancaster is Jacob H. Beecher, age 43, born Feb. 1857, occupation teamster. He was married for 20 years to Josephine, age 39, born May, 1861. She had 7 children and 5 were still living in 1900. In the household are Lulu, born June 1884, works in a caramel factory; David H., born Aug. 1886, works in a cork works; William born June 1888; Benjamin born Sept. 1890; and son Clair born Nov. 1892. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Josephine married Jacob H. Beecher, son of John Bleacher Jr. and Catherine, <1880>.1 (Jacob H. Beecher was born on 8 Feb 1857 in Providence Twp., Lancaster County, PA,1 7 8 9 10 died on 9 May 1942 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 9 10 11 12 and was buried in Millersville: Millersville Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 9 10.)

Sources

1 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster Ward-7, Series: T623 Roll: 1424 Page: 162.

2 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWFY-B7G Jacob Bleecher, 1880.

3 Billion Graves (http://www.BillionGraves.com), http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/JosephineEBeecher/2252201.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94261353.

5 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 116308-62. Benjamin F. Beecher. Father Jacob H Beecher. Mother Josephine Dawson. Spouse Nettie S. Stevens.

6 Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 21 Dec 1962, page 22. Obituary of Benjamin F. Beecher.

7 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF94-PNP Jacob H. Beecher and Sarah Rahm, 1905.

8 1920 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster Ward 7 Series: T625 Roll: 1584 Page: 66.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71616427.

10 Billion Graves (http://www.BillionGraves.com), http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/JacobHBeecher/2252200.

11 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 47458, Jacob H. Beecher.

12 Sunday News (Lancaster, PA), 10 May 1942, page 18. Obituary of Jacob H. Beecher.


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