William Newton Beecher
(1847-1926)
Almira Correlia Swain
(1853-1934)
William John Robertson
(1853-1913)
Clara Bell Tabb
(1855-1923)
William Gordon Beecher Sr.
(1877-1963)
Mary Gertrude Robertson
(1881-1954)
Mary Virginia Beecher
(1906-1980)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rear Admiral Harry Havelock Henderson

Mary Virginia Beecher 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 20 Jan 1906, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Rear Admiral Harry Havelock Henderson
  • Died: 12 Aug 1980, Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA at age 74 4 5
  • Buried: 14 Aug 1980, Norfolk: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, VA, USA 3 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: L6KJ-H2R.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 1 Renting at 401 Seminole Ave was Gordon W. Beecher, architect, 33. He was married for 7 years to wife Gertrude R., 29. She had given birth to 3 children: W. Gordon Jr., 6; Mary, 4; and Clara G., 11 months old on May 9, 1910 when the census was recorded. Also in the home was Clara B. Robertson, mother in law, 55, married for 32 years with 4 children, including 2 daughters living with her: Ethel K., 27, single; and C. M., 23, single. Everyone was born in Maryland except the mother-in-law in Virginia.

2. Census in 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 2 William G. Beecher, architect, 42, was living with wife Gertrude, 38; William G. Jr., 15; Mary I., 13; C. Gertrude, 10; and C. Robertson Beecher, 7. Also with them: Clara B. Robertson, mother in law, 64, widowed; and C. Myrtle Robertson, sister in law, clerk in a telephone company, 32. William was renting his home at 254 Frederick Ave. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland, except Gertrude's mother Clara was born Virginia of Virginian parents.

3. Residence: on 27 Jan 1963 in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA. 7

4. Residence: on 22 Dec 1975 in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA. 6

5. Cause of Death: cardiorespiratory arrest, malignant fibrous histiolytoma with lung metastases, 12 Aug 1980, Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA. 3

6. Residence: 1532 E. Bayshore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA on 12 Aug 1980 in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA. 3

7. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: obituary of Mrs. Virginia Beecher Henderson on 14 Aug 1980 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 5 HENDERSON -- On August 12, 1980. MRS. VIRGINIA BEECHER, devoted wife of the late Admiral Harry Havelock Henderson. Survived by two nieces, Mrs. Virginia W. Delaune of Baltimore and Mrs. Virginia B. Scrymgeour of Oakton Va. and two nephews, Robert G. Wood of Baltimore and Gordon Lee Beecher of Melbourne Village, Fla. Graveside service will be held Thursday, August 14 at 2 P.M. in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk Va. Arrangements are being handled by H. O. Oliver Funeral Home of Virginia Beach. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.


Mary married Rear Admiral Harry Havelock Henderson, son of George William Henderson and Margaret Jane Kirk. (Rear Admiral Harry Havelock Henderson was born on 12 Oct 1904 in Weston, Middlesex, MA, USA,8 9 died on 7 May 1976 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, USA 8 9 and was buried in Norfolk: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, VA, USA 8 9.)


Sources


1 1910 United States Census, Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore District 1, Series: T624 Roll: 550 Page: 42.

2 1920 United States Census, Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore Ward 28, Series: T625 Roll: 667 Page: 257.

3 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), Death Certificate 228 533 80-025473 Virginia Beecher Henderson, father William Gordon Beecher, mother Mary Gertrude, spouse Harry Havelock Henderson, informant neice Mrs. Virginia W. Delauney.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185458056.

5 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 14 Aug 1980, page 38. Obituary of Mrs. Mary Virginia Beecher Henderson.

6 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 23 Dec 1975, page 12. Funeral of Mrs. H. Graham Wood.

7 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 28 Jan 1963, pages 1 and 11, obituary of William Gordon Beecher.

8 Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 (Original data: Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.), Death Certificate 220 516 76-015494 Harry Havelock Henderson, father George William Henderson, mother Margaret Kirk, spouse Virginia Henderson, informant.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185457993.



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