Ellen L (Higdon) Beckett (1897 - 1973)

Born 19 Apr 1897 in Stevensport, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

User ID: 5334918C89202527974E50B7AEAB47C4

Record ID Number: MH:IF324

Date: 19 APR 1897

Place: Stevensport, Kentucky, United States

Death

Death:

User ID: 5334918C89223527A74E50B7AEAB47C4

Record ID Number: MH:IF325

Date: FEB 1973

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I130

User ID

User ID: 5334918C89240527B74E50B7AEAB47C4

UPD

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Census

Census:

User ID: 53431CF390A41740874E50B7AEAB4A88

Record ID Number: MH:IF500010

Date: 1900

Place: New Amsterdam town, Harrison, Indiana, USA

Census:

User ID: 538FB10471F9E489C74E50B7AEAB413F

Record ID Number: MH:IF500075

Date: 1940

Place: Corydon Town, Harrison, Harrison, Indiana, USA

Census:

User ID: 5395ACFCDA43C125874E50B7AEAB47B4

Record ID Number: MH:IF500150

Date: 1930

Place: Norwood, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Burial

Burial:

User ID: 5334AC7046ADA528574E50B7AEAB47C4

Record ID Number: MH:IF328

Place: Cedar Hill cemetary Corydon, Harrison co., Indiana

Residence

Residence: <Address>Corydon, Indiana 47112, USA</Address>

User ID: 5362B8621D000123C74E50B7AEAB41D7

Record ID Number: MH:IF500029

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1. ↑ Higdon-332 was created by Rhonda Higdon through the import of Higdon family.GED on Jun 12, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

• Source: S1 Record ID Number: MH:S500001 User ID: 52B0F8A03A302207B74E50B7AEAB43E5 Title: Find a Grave Publication: MyHeritage Text: When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton. Jim created the Find A Grave website in 1995 because he could not find an existing site that catered to his hobby of visiting the graves of famous people. He found that there are many thousands of folks around the world who share his interests. What began as an odd hobbybecame a livelihood and a passion. Building and seeing Find A Grave grow beyond his wildest expectations has been immensely satisfying for Jim. Every day, contributors from around the world enter newrecords, thousands use the site as an educational reference tool, long-lost loved ones are located and millions of lives are fondly remembered. In what other line of work would Jim have met one of the last living Munchkins, spoken to a gathering of grave enthusiasts in a Hollywood mausoleum and acquired treasures like his antique coffin screwdriver (it only screws in)? Media: 10013 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500016 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10013/find-a-grave?s=227965271&itemId=1003906-&action=showRecord&indId=individual-227965271-1000130 Data: Text:

  Ellen L Beckett
  Birth: 1897
  Death: 1973
  Cemetery: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Indiana, USA

  Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
• Source: S12 Record ID Number: MH:S500012 User ID: 53500B59A732BB50074E50B7AEAB42BF Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: MyHeritage Text: The 1930 Census determined the population of the United States to be 122,775,046. This is an increase of almost 16 percent over the 1920 Census, which reported a population of 106,021,537. This was the 15th decennial census conducted in the United States under authority granted by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. It was conducted in April 1930, except in Alaska, where it wasconducted in late 1929. Until 2012 the 1930 Census is the latest available to the public, due to 72-year privacy laws. It is based on actual counts of persons living in residential structures. Media: 10134 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500016 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10013/find-a-grave?s=227965271&itemId=1003906-&action=showRecord&indId=individual-227965271-1000130 Data: Text:

  Ellen L Beckett
  Birth: 1897
  Death: 1973
  Cemetery: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Indiana, USA

  Quality or Certainty of Data: 42
• Source: S22 Record ID Number: MH:S500015 User ID: 5362B8635AEB8124774E50B7AEAB41D7 Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: MyHeritage Text: We undertook the arduous task of deciphering the handwritten pages of the 1940 Census to create a searchable index for the census. This was accomplished gradually, state by state, as we covered more and more of the census.
  
  As required by the US Constitution, the census is a federal mandate to count every resident of the United States of America every 10 years. Census data is released to thepublic 72 years after it was taken.
  
  Federal census takers were asked to record information about every person who was in each household on the census day. A census taker might have visited a house on a later date, but the information he collected was supposed to be about the people who were in the house on the census day. The basic census enumeration unit was the county. Each county was divided into enumeration districts, one for each enumerator. The completed forms were sent to the Commerce Department’s Census Office in Washington, D.C.
  
  Federal censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified. Media: 10053 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500145 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10053/1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004309-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord&indId=individual-227965271-1000130 Data: Text:

  Ellen Beckett
  Gender: Female
  Birth: Circa 1898 - Kentucky, USA
  Residence: 1940 - Corydon Town, Harrison, Harrison, Indiana, USA
  Age: 42
  Residence in 1935: Norwood, Ohio
  Race: White
  Marital status: Married
  Husband: Ben Beckett
  Children: Ben Jr Beckett, Frances Beckett, Donald Beckett
  Census: Incorporated place: Corydon Town Enum. District: 31-7 Line: 2; Township: Harrison Roll: m-t0627-01051 ; County: Harrison Frame: 00134 ; State: Indiana Page: 12A ; Date: 1940 Family: 309 ; <a>See household members</a>
  <a id="household"></a>Household
  Relation to head; Name; Age
  Head; <a href="1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004308-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord">Ben Beckett</a>; 43
  Wife; <a href="1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004309-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord">Ellen Beckett</a>; 42
  Son; <a href="1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004310-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord">Ben Jr Beckett</a>; 19
  Daughter; <a href="1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004311-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord">Frances Beckett</a>; 12
  Son; <a href="1940-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=990004312-&groupId=820ab2fcd8522167ae04e55d94214ebd&action=showRecord">Donald Beckett</a>; 8

  Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
• Source: S7 Record ID Number: MH:S500007 User ID: 53431157D243F73F074E50B7AEAB4A88 Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: MyHeritage Text: Begun in 1935 by the Social Security Act signed into law by FDR, more than thirty million Americans were registered for the economic security sanctions by 1937. From 1937 to 1940, payments were made in one-lump sums amounts with the first amount being seventeen cents. Following amendments in 1939, the payments turned into monthly benefits and increased. Following further amendments in 1950, cost-of-living increases were awarded to those who were receiving benefits. From 1950 to the present, benefits have increased yearly in response to inflation concerning the costs of living. Media: 10002 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500072 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/social-security-death-index?s=227965271&itemId=41799896-&action=showRecord&indId=individual-227965271-1000130 Data: Text:

  Ellen Beckett
  Birth: Apr 19 1897
  Death: Feb 1973
  Last residence: Corydon, Indiana 47112, USA
  Residence code: 15

  Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
• Source: S9 Record ID Number: MH:S500009 User ID: 53431CF387562740474E50B7AEAB4A88 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: MyHeritage Text: Federal census takers were asked to record information about every person who was in each household on the census day. A census taker might have visited a house on a later date, but the information hecollected was supposed to be about the people who were in the house on the census day. The basic census enumeration unit was the county. Each county was divided into enumeration districts, one for each enumerator. The completed forms were sent to the Commerce Department’s Census Office in Washington, D.C.
  
  Federal censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified. Media: 10131 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500040 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10131/1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364385-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord&indId=individual-227965271-1000130 Data: Text:

  Ellen L Higdon
  Gender: Female
  Birth: Apr 1897 - Kentucky, United States
  Residence: 1900 - New Amsterdam town, Harrison, Indiana, USA
  Age: 3
  Marital status: Single
  Race: White
  Ethnicity: American
  Mother: Fannie M Higdon
  Siblings: Bertha M Higdon, George H Higdon, James H Higdon, Byrum H Higdon, Gracie Higdon
  Census: Township:New Amsterdam townEnum. District:92Line:58 County:HarrisonRoll:1240376Image:166 State:IndianaSheet:10 Date:1900-00-00Family:185 See household members
  <a id="household"></a>Household
  Relation to head; Name; Age
  Head; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364380-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">Fannie M Higdon</a>; 35
  Daughter; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364381-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">Bertha M Higdon</a>; 14
  Son; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364382-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">George H Higdon</a>; 12
  Son; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364383-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">James H Higdon</a>; 8
  Son; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364384-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">Byrum H Higdon</a>; 6
  Daughter; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364385-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">Ellen L Higdon</a>; 3
  Daughter; <a href="1900-united-states-federal-census?s=227965271&itemId=17364386-&groupId=8a65ec2d3b0703159e85fb0211c84f7a&action=showRecord">Gracie Higdon</a>; 1

  Quality or Certainty of Data: 4