John Valentine Beecher
(1821-1886)
Ann Maria Ayers
(1832-1911)
John Whitman
(1846-1917)
E. Rebecca Freigh
(1841-1910)
William Ayers Beecher
(1870-1945)
Emma Laura Whitman
(1867-1929)
Edna Whitman Beecher
(1891-1967)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leo H. Brendlinger

Edna Whitman Beecher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 1 Jan 1891, Temple, Berks, PA, USA 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Leo H. Brendlinger
  • Died: 12 Jan 1967, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA at age 76 2 4
  • Buried: 15 Jan 1967, Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 2 4

   FamilySearch ID: LD38-8PT.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. 1 William C. Beecher, laborer iron worker, 30, born Nov 1869, was married for 11 years to wife Laura E., 32, Aug 1867. She had birthed 3 children by 1900: Edna, 10, Jan 1890; John E., 7, Aug 1892; and Eva M., 4, Mar 1896. William was renting his home.

2. Census in 1910 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. 8 William A. Beecher, mail carrier, 39, was married for 20 years to wife Laura E., 42. She had birthed 5 children, 4 still alive in 1910. With them: Edna, body marker in shirt factory, 20; J. Earl, core marker in foundry, 17; Eva M., 14; daughter Marion J., 9; and mother Ann M., 80, widow, who had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1920 in North Coventry Twp., Chester, PA. 9 The 1920 census recorded at 238 S. Main Street in South Pottstown: William A. Beecher, laborer in stone foundry, 49, living with wife Laura E., 52; and daughters Edna, 29; Eva M., 23; and Helen W., 9; and grandson James M. Beecher, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1930 in Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. 10 The 1930 census recorded at 20 Fifth Street: Leon H. Brendlinger, manager of iron works, 40, living with wife Edna W., 40; son James, 17; and daughter Mary Jane, 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 11 The 1940 census recorded renting at 143 Walnut Street in Reading: Leo Brendlinger, office clerk for cigar factory, 40, with wife Edna, 40; daughter Mary J., 17. They were born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same place in 1935.

6. Residence: 143 Walnut St., Reading, PA on 16 Oct 1940 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 12

7. Residence: 303 Butter Lane, Mount Penn, PA on 27 Apr 1942 in Mount Penn, Berks, PA. 6

8. Residence: on 7 May 1945 in Mount Penn, Berks, PA. 3

9. Census in 1950 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 13 The 1950 census recorded at 303 High Street in Reading (Lower Alsace Township): Leo Brendlinger, 60, office clerk in cigar factory, living with wife Eda [sic, should be Edna], 60; and son-in-law Paul M. O'Leary, 43; daughter Mary J. [nee Brendlinger], 28; grandson Paul L., 7; and granddaughter Kerry A., 2 weeks old on 4/26/1950 when the census record was recorded. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

10. Cause of Death: Edna died at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center from cerebral hemorrhage, 12 Jan 1967, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 4

11. Residence: 307 S. Hanover St., Pottstown, PA 19464 on 12 Jan 1967 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 4


Edna married Leo H. Brendlinger, son of Morris Y. Brendlinger and Agnes Roberta Heilig. (Leo H. Brendlinger was born on 23 Apr 1890 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 5 6 14 15 16, christened on 19 Jul 1890 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,17 died on 18 Mar 1977 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 5 14 16 and was buried on 22 Mar 1977 in Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 14.)


Sources


1 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, North Coventry Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1393 Page: 174.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85265802.

3 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 7 May 1945, page 3. Obituary of William A. Beecher.

4 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.), Certificate 6849. Edna Brendlinger. Father William A. Beecher. Mother Emma Laura Beecher. Spouse Leo Brendlinger.

5 The Mercury (Pottstown, PA), 19 Mar 1977, page 2. Obituary of Leo Brendlinger.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.), Leo Brendlinger, b. 23 Apr 1890 Pottstown, PA.

7 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 31 Dec 2013, obituary of Mary J. Adams.

8 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, North Coventry Township, Series: T624 Roll: 1328 Page: 263.

9 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: North Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1550; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 54; Image: 662.

10 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHZJ-TMK Leon H Brendlinger, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 4A, line 4, family 71.

11 1940 United States Census, Leo Brendlinger, Reading, PA.

12 Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), James Malcom Brendlinger, b. 12 Jan 1913 Pottstown, PA, father Leo H. Brendlinger.

13 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XB5-Y9SJ Leo Brendlinger, Lower Alsace Twp, Berks, PA. 303 High Street in Reading.

14 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85265790.

15 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQFD-8WZ Leo Brendlinger, 1942;.

16 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JBBG-DTT null, Mar 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

17 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Leo Brendlinger b. 23 Apr 1890 baptized 19 Jul 1890 Trinity United Church of Christ, Pottsotwn, PA.



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