Lydia I. (Weimer) Beck (1844 - 1932)

Born 18 Mar 1844 in Milford Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Jan 1932 at age 87 in Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Lydia (Weimer) Beck was born in Pennsylvania.

Lydia (Weimer) Beck has German Roots.

Lydia, daughter of David Samuel Weimer and Catherine Hartman,^[1] was born 18 March 1844 in Milford Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2] Her parents had her baptized there 29 June 1844.^[3]

Residence (1850) owned land valued at $200 in Milford Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania David (age 36, farmer) and Catharine Weimer (34), Franklin (12), Daniel Henry (11), Susanna "Susan" (9), Eliza (7), Lydia I. (6), Samuel Austin (4) and Lavina Catherine Weimer (2). ^[4] They lived next to Catherine's parents and siblings.^[4]

Residence (1860) no longer owned land in Milford Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania David S. (age 48, day laborer) and Catharine Weimer (44), Franklin (21, day laborer), David H. [sic] (20, day laborer), Susannah (18), Eliza (16), Lydia (14), Samuel (12), Lovinia Weimer (10).^[5]

On 25 May 1870 in Somerset County, she married George Washington Beck,^[1][2] son of Christopher Mortimor Beck and Sarah Serena Hammel.^{[citation needed]}

Residence (1870) owned land valued at $1,000 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Frank (age 31, farmer) and his wife Lieny Wiemer (26), Nora (4), Marylla Wiemer (1), David (54, retired farmer) and Catharine Wiemer (53), and their children Eliza Wiemer (20) and Lydia Beck (19). ^[6]

Residence (1880) Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[7]

Residence (1900) Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[8]

Residence (1910) Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[9]

Residence (1920) Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[10]

Residence (1930) Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[11]

Lydia died 23 January 1932 in Derry, Westmoreland County at age 87^[1] and was buried 25 January 1932 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Ligonier.^[1][2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Death Registration: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 007501-010500. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5164 #4428870 (accessed 6 November 2021). Lydia I Beck death 22 Jan 1932 (age 87) in Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA; Birth: 18 Mar 1844 in Pennsylvania; Father: Weimer; Spouse: George W Beck; Certificate Number: 9715.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 November 2021), memorial page for Lydia I Weimer Beck (18 Mar 1844–23 Jan 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #66686075, citing Green Mountain Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Elaine Davis Johns (contributor 47453196).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Dull, Keith A. Early families of Somerset and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1996. p. 107.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZM-619 : 24 December 2020), Lydia Weimer in household of David Weimer, Milford Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXT3-2RX : 18 February 2021), Lydia Weimer in entry for David S Weimer, 1860.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (29 May 2021), Lydia Beck in the household of Frank Weimer, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV5-KZW : 20 February 2021), Lydia Beck in household of G W Beck, Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 96, sheet 150B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,203.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M341-RF8 : accessed 6 November 2021), Lydia Beck in household of George W Beck, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109, sheet 17B, family 387, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,498.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHD-Z8T : accessed 6 November 2021), Lydia Beck in household of Geo W Beck, Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 154, sheet 12B, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1427; FHL microfilm 1,375,440.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9M-XHX : 3 February 2021), Lydia Beck in entry for Geo W Beck, 1920.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHV-J25 : accessed 6 November 2021), Lydia I Beck in household of John M Siard, Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 19B, line 73, family 289, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2155; FHL microfilm 2,341,889.

• FamilySearch entry for Lydia I. Weimer.