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     Lizzie Bechtel was the daughter of Henry L. Bechtel and Susan Godshall. Lizzie Bechtel married Rev. Elmer M. Moyer, son of Benjamin P. Moyer and Mary L. Moyer.

     Lydia Bechtel was born circa 1867 at Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Elias S. Bechtel and Elizabeth C. Landis.¹

     Mary Bechtel was born in March 1865 at Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA.^2,3,4 She was the daughter of Elias S. Bechtel and Elizabeth C. Landis.¹ Mary Bechtel married Charles Z. Godshall, son of Charles Godshall and Anna (?), circa 1888.^1,4

     Mary Bechtel was born in June 1894 at Montgomery Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Jacob L. Bechtel and Maggie Nyce.¹

     Note: Unmarried as of 1926.¹ Mary Jane Bechtel was born on 1 June 1898 at Telford, Montgomery Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of William L. Bechtel and Mary Gottshall.¹

     Maude Bechtel was born on 14 August 1872.¹ She was the daughter of William Bechtel and Sarah (?)¹ Maude Bechtel married Charles C. Price, son of Abraham Price and Mary Carpenter, on 10 September 1901, Ceremony by Rev. Elias P. Wise

No children.¹

     Michael Bechtel was born circa 1822 at Ohio.¹

     Samuel Bechtel married Barbara Hershey, daughter of John Hershey and Elizabeth Wanner.

     Susanna Bechtel was born circa 1799. She was the daughter of Samuel Bechtel and Barbara Hershey. Susanna Bechtel married Johannes Myers on 21 September 1820.

     William Bechtel married Sarah (?).¹

     William L. Bechtel was born on 6 May 1871 at Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Elias S. Bechtel and Elizabeth C. Landis.¹ William L. Bechtel married Mary Gottshall, daughter of Moses K. Gottshall and Mary Freed, on 9 March 1895.¹ William L. Bechtel lived in 1926 at Telford, Montgomery Co., PA.¹

     Alice Bechtold was born on 6 June 1876.¹ She was the daughter of Levi S. Bechtold and Mary Catherine Crammer. Alice Bechtold married Benjamin Swingley Price, son of Samuel C. Price and Elizabeth Young, on 12 April 1903, No children.¹ Alice Bechtold died on 8 April 1973 at age 96.²

     Jay W. Bechtold was born on 2 December 1906. He was the son of John W. Bechtold. Jay W. Bechtold married Mary Alice Price, daughter of Rev. Collin Carroll Price and Alice L. Stuff, on 19 August 1928.

     John W. Bechtold lived at Oregon, Ogle Co., IL.

     Levi S. Bechtold married Mary Catherine Crammer.

     Keith Darrel Becicka was born on 1 December 1934 at Itasca Co., MN. He married Beverly Jean McClain, daughter of Vera Dorothy Redmon, circa 1956. Keith Darrel Becicka and Beverly Jean McClain were divorced on 20 June 1986 at Itasca Co., MN. Keith Darrel Becicka died on 8 July 2003 at Itasca Co., MN, at age 68 Dates per SSDI, last residence Grand Rapids.

     Zofie Becicka was born in 1880 at Bohemia.¹ She married Bohumil Kun on 20 June 1906 at Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA. Zofie Becicka died in 1968. She was buried in 1968 at the First Presbyterian Cemetery, Ely, Linn Co., IA, Findagrave #73532682.

     Alfred LeRoy Beck was born on 6 May 1911. He married Josephine G. Bittner, daughter of James Mathews Bittner and Nannie Theodecia Newman, in 1936. Alfred LeRoy Beck died in 1981. He was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA, Findagrave #23029508.

     Alfred Newton Beck was born on 2 June 1890 at Sheridan, Grant Co., AR. He was the son of James Beck and Mary Williams. Alfred Newton Beck married Gladys Mary McMillan, daughter of Basil James McMillan and Mary Ellen Robertson, after 1953. Alfred Newton Beck died on 3 June 1976 at Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 86 OBITUARY - Los Angeles Times; California; 4 June 1976; (Historical Newspapers, Ancestry.com):

BECK, Alfred N., beloved husband of Gladys M. Beck; father of Mary Ann Geyer, Geraldine Struver and Alexas Washburn; brother of Ruth McGilvray, Florence DeRome and Harrison Smith.
Slumber room visitation from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Services Saturday, 2 p.m., in the Little Church of the Flowers. Forest Lawn-Glendale.
Forest Lawn Mortuary.


He was buried in June 1976 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA.

     Anna Maria Beck was also known as Mary. She was born on 7 October 1846 at Zell / Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1880 census shows "Russia", but 1900 census info is considered more reliable, as they had been in the USA much longer. 1900 census shows birth year 1848.¹ She married Charles Rumpf circa 1851 at Germany, 1880 census shows "Russia", but 1900 census information is considered more likely to be correct, due to better language skills.¹ Anna Maria Beck died on 9 July 1901 at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY, at age 54.

     Bernice Amelia Beck was born on 17 May 1903 at California.¹ She was the daughter of Ernest F. Beck and Mary de Bree.¹ Bernice Amelia Beck married Harry Heller, son of Jesse Bearne Heller and Carrie Bergey, on 1 January 1927 at District of Columbia. Bernice Amelia Beck lived on 27 March 1940 at 417 Argyle Road, Ardmore, Montgomery Co., PA.² She died in January 1980 at age 76. She was buried in 1980 at Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks Co., PA, Findagrave #60673054.

     Carol Ann Beck died on 8 January 1944. She was born on 8 January 1944. She was the daughter of Homer W. Beck and Julia Clare Fitzpatrick. Carol Ann Beck was buried in January 1944 at Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co., IA, Findagrave #203376812.

     Charles Baber Beck was born on 6 November 1897.¹ He was the son of J. Augustus Beck and Sarah Price Baber.¹ Charles Baber Beck married Susanna Harrison on 2 January 1924.¹ Charles Baber Beck died on 4 November 1990 at Ojai, Ventura Co., CA, at age 92. He was buried in November 1990 at Trail Lake Ranch, WY.
Note: Per Grand-niece Ann Jackson Shew:

"Uncle Charles married Susanna Harrison. They had no children. Early in their married lives, they split their time between Philadelphia and Trail Lake Ranch. They both taught at Friends Select, a Quaker school, in Philadelphia. About 1940 they began splitting their time between Thacher School in Ojai, CA, and the ranch. Uncle Charles died in Ojai on 4 November 1990. Aunt Susie was born 2 January, 1904, on a farm near Chesterfield, NJ. She died in July of 1991. Both are buried at Trail Lake Ranch in Wyoming."

     Daniel Beck was born circa 1825 at North Carolina.¹ He married Phoebe Ann Liming circa 1857. Daniel Beck died before 12 September 1870 Phoebe Beck and her children were living with her parents as of the 1870 census. Her youngest child, Amos, was listed as age 2. Presume Daniel Beck died during 1868-1870. Phoebe remarried to Isaac Anderson in 1875. DLB 2017.

     Dorothea Lucinda Beck was born circa 1883 at Indiana.¹ She married William Tecumseh Sherman Smith on 27 June 1910 at Washington Co., IN.¹

     Emma S. Beck was also known as Sarah E. She was born in September 1870 at McDonough Co. (probably), IL.¹ She was the daughter of Jackson M. Beck and Charlotte (?) Emma S. Beck married Samuel Larimore, son of James William Larimore and Minerva Jane Wright, on 4 October 1888 at McDonough Co., IL.¹

     Ernest Beck married Helena Miller.

     Ernest F. Beck was born on 24 March 1875.¹ He was the son of Ernest Beck and Helena Miller.¹ Ernest F. Beck married Mary de Bree, daughter of Nathan de Bree and Ida Mary Harlan, on 5 June 1902 at El Paso Co., TX.¹ Ernest F. Beck died on 26 April 1913 at Washington, D.C., at age 38.¹

     Florence Darling Beck was born on 3 December 1894.¹ She was the daughter of J. Augustus Beck and Sarah Price Baber.¹ Florence Darling Beck married Carter Thornton Jackson, son of Napoleon Bonaparte Jackson and Sarah Simpson, on 20 September 1922 at Shoshone Mission, Fremont Co., WY.¹ Florence Darling Beck and Carter Thornton Jackson were divorced in 1936. Florence Darling Beck lived circa 1940 at Glenwood Springs, Garfield Co., CO. She died on 31 July 1979 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, at age 84. She was buried in August 1979 at Four Mile Creek, Glenwood Springs, Garfield Co., CO.
Note: Per Granddaughter Ann Jackson Shew:

"Granny (Florence) and brother Charles grew up in Philadelphia. After the two of them spent a couple of summers at a dude ranch in Wyoming, they both permanently moved there about 1920. They proved up on adjacent property, then later purchased an addition 2000 acres that became Trail Lake Ranch on Torrey Creek near Dubois. The ranch is now owned by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and leased to the University of Wyoming. She married Grandfather Jackson at Shoshone Mission, Fremont County, Wyoming, 20 September 1922. He was from Richwoods, Washington County, Missouri. He left home at a young age after his father, Napoleon Boneparte ("Boney") Jackson remarried. According to family sources, his second wife was not very nice to her step children. Granny and Grandfather Jackson had three sons, Carter Thorton born 1923, Charles Edward born 1926, and William Baber born 1927, died 2002 (my father). Granny divorced Grandfather Jackson in 1936 and remarried Elmer Sinclair in 1937. They moved to Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, about 1940. Their daughter, Ruth Ann, was born there in 1942. Granny died 31 July 1979 in Portland, Oregon. She is buried on the ranch on Four Mile Creek near Glenwood Springs, CO."

     Frances Booth Beck was born on 11 May 1920.¹ She was the daughter of Linford R. Beck and Edna Earl Booth.¹