William Grant Kraft
(1864-1941)
Emma J. Garrett
(1869-1937)
Ira Claude Kraft
(1889-1973)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alverta May Beecher

Ira Claude Kraft 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 16 May 1889, Heidelberg Twp., York, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Alverta May Beecher on 2 Dec 1916 in , York, PA
  • Died: 30 May 1973, Porters Sideling, York, PA at age 84 1 2
  • Buried: Jefferson: Jefferson Cemetery, York, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LHTT-9PY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: York Daily: Ira Kraft and Miss Alverta May Beecher Married Saturday Evening, 5 Dec 1916, York, York, PA. 4 Porters, Dec. 4 -- Ira Kraft, a well-known young miller, son of William G. Kraft, proprietor of the Heidelberg grist mill, of near this place, and Miss Alverta May Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beecher, residing north of Spring Grove, in Jackson township, were married on Saturday evening. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. H. Ehrhart, pastor of the bridegroom, at the Jefferson Lutheran parsonage, at Glenville. The wedding was witnessed by Miss Mary Beecher, a sister of the bride, and George Bollinger, of Porters, who accompanied them in an automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Kraft will go to housekeeping next spring in a tenant house on the Kraft homestead.


Ira married Alverta May Beecher, daughter of Edward F. Beecher and Lovie Alice Stambaugh, on 2 Dec 1916 in , York, PA. (Alverta May Beecher was born on 24 Aug 1889 in Spring Grove, York, PA,3 5 died on 3 Dec 1959 in Hanover, York, PA 3 5 and was buried on 6 Dec 1959 in Jefferson: Jefferson Cemetery, York, PA 3 5.)


Sources


1 U.S. Social Security Death Index.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44953507.

3 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 116974. Alverta May Kraft. Father Edward Beecher. Mother Lovie Stambaugh. Spouse Ira C. Kraft.

4 The York Daily (York, PA), 5 Dec 1916, page 2. Marriage of Ira Kraft and Alverta May Beecher.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44953414.



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