1898: she was born in Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
1900: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
1905: Watertown town, Jefferson, Wisconsin
1905: Pearl and her sister Mildred moved in with their grandparents after their mother died. Pearl received an 8th grade education.
1910: Farmington, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
1935: Same Place
1940: Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
At the age of 42 Pearl was still single, lived on her own, and worked as a telephone operator.
Sources
"Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8G-DZN : 11 February 2018), Beilke, 03 Jan 1898; citing Farmington, Jefferson, Wisconsin, reference 371 23; FHL microfilm 1,302,881.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMVQ-K3H : accessed 4 January 2020), Helen Beilke in household of Louis Beilke, Watertown town (excl. Watertown city), Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 158, sheet 6A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,793.
"Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM3Z-CZC : 10 March 2018), Pearl Beilke in household of Louis J Beilke, Watertown town, Jefferson, Wisconsin; citing p. 700, line 99, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,451.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ5-BNK : accessed 4 January 2020), Pearl Beilke in household of Abert Voeltz, West Farmington, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 120, sheet 8B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1714; FHL microfilm 1,375,727.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7KV-661 : 29 July 2019), Pearl Bilke, Ward 3, Milwaukee, Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72-62, sheet 4A, line 12, family 70, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4543.
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