Beerbower Family

 

TRANSCRIPTION:

Zena Prettyman     [born] Feb. 11, 1927

Gene Prettyman       [born] November 10, 1930

 

Helen M. Beerbower born February 24th, 1906.

[Note: The above appear to have been added at a different time- likely later- than the information from the Nathan Peters bible below.]

 

Family record coppied from Bible of Nathan Peters.

purchased in Marion Ohio August 9th 1828.

 

Marriages

Married on Thursday February 10th 1825

Nathan Peters to Alice Wilson

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Married January 1840

Nathan Peters to Mary C. Ballantine. (Mary Cady Russell,

Charlotte A Peters to Alonzo W. Baker March 12th 1850

Married April 6th 1858. Bradford R. Durfee to Pauline M. Peters

Jane Peters and John D. Haney were united in Marriage

Nov 22nd 1860.

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Mary Ellen Peters [“to” OR “&”] Wm M. Camp married Oct 13th 1864

Irene L. Peters to Samuel T Beerbower. married Jan 13. 1867.

Married Wilson Peters to Mrs. Olive S. Southwick Jan 22nd 1881

Mary Cady Russell born Sept 4th 1820 either in

Reading Vermont or Connecticut: Bottom [“Bottom” lined through.]

(Births-)

Nathan Peters born June 20th 1799 in Baltimore

Black Rock Co. Maryland

Alice Wilson born Dec 15th 1798- acording to

Aunt Pauline in Carlisle Pa_

Wilson Peters born Nov. 27th 1825 in Fairfield Co. Ohio

Harvey Peters March 4th 1828 in

Pauline Peters born July 7th 1834.   in Marion Ohio

Jane Peters   ” August 29th 1836 ”       ”         ”

Infant born Oct 14th dead 1838

 

 

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2) Transcription completed by the author and includes any misspellings, errors, etc. as written in bible. Please advise of any errors known in transcription or to information in bible.

 

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Beerbower Family

TRANSCRIPTION:

 

Samuel T. Beerbower     and

Irene L. Peters married January 18th 1867

 

Cornell R Beerbower   and

Mabel Barnard     married April 26th 1904

 

Helen M. Beerbower and

Paul M. Prettyman married Sept. 24th, 1929

TRANSCRIPTION:

 

Grandpa Willard Russell died November 3rd 1872.

Wilson Peters Beerbower died August 18th 1877.

Father Nathan Peters died Sept 22nd 1881

Alice Peters Williams died 8 Setember [“85” written in pencil] 1889

Lucia Cady Russell died June 17th 1890

Samuel T. Beerbower died July 12th 1902

Mother- Mary C. Russell- Ballantine died Dec 18th 1850.

Harvey Peters died January 1st 1883

Jane Peters Haney   Mch. 3rd 1863.

Wilson Peters died Aug. 8th 1908

Pauline Peters_Durfee- Hummer died 1923

Irene L. Peters Beerbower died Nov 18th 1924

Mary Ellen Peters-Camp died Aug 14, 1927

Olive Southwick Peters died Jan. 1925

Cornell Russell Beerbower- died May 18 1929

Paul M. Prettyman   Dec. 3, 1949

 

 

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 Beerbower Family

TRANSCRIPTION:

Samuel T. Beerbower was born November 10th 1842

Irene L. Peters was born February 19th 1846

Cornell B. Beerbower was born June 18th 1870.

Wilson Peters Beerbower was born August 14th 1876.

 

Fathers Family

Nathan Peters born June 20th 1799 married

first to Alice Wilson feb 2nd 1843

Alice Wilson born

second marriage to Mary C. Russell. Ballantine

Mary C. Russell Ballantine born Sept. 4th 1820

 

Children of first wife-

Wilson Peters born Nov 27th 1825 married to

Olive Southwick [Editor’s Note: maiden name was Smith; married Corydon Southwick 1st, then Wilson Peters.]

Harvey Peters born March 4th 1828 married to

Martha Boyd. December 29th 1864

Charlotte Peters born Jan 10th 1830 married to

Alonzo Baker March 12th 1850 died Apr 12th 1895

George Peters born June 18th 1832

Pauline Peters   ”     July 7th 1834 married to

Bradford Durfee. April 6th 1858 second marriage Dec 19th 18– [cut off scan]

Jane Peters born Aug 29th 1836. Married to John D. Haney (?)

Infant born- Oct 14th 1838.

 

Second children

Mary Ellen Peters born Dec 18th 1843 married to William C [cut off in scan]

Irene Lewella Peters  ” Feb 19th 1846- married to-

Samuel T. Beerbower ” Jan 13th 1867.

Alice Lunetta Peters   born Aug 14th 1850- married

James J. Williams

[Editor’s Note: Middle name of Irene L Peters corrected 3/22/15.]

Notes, Sources, and References: 

1) Bible images courtesy of the Marion County Historical Society, Marion, Ohio.

2) Transcription completed by the author. Please advise of any errors known in transcription or to information in bible.

 

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Beerbower Family

Were you the class clown? Do you have a dry sense of humor? Does ‘curmudgeon’ even begin to describe you? If you answered, “Yes” to any of these and you are a Beerbower descendant, you may share some of Samuel T. Beerbower’s genes!

Reading the old newspapers is very entertaining. It is great to see what was funny to people of that time, to see the terminology and ‘buzz words’ of the day, and just learn what our ancestors were doing that got them into trouble in school or with the neighbors.

Following are a few more newspaper articles about Sam Beerbower that tickled or made me say, “What???”

“Accidentally”??? How does one shoot a squirrel ‘accidentally’? Was he such a bad shot that the newspaper considered it an accident if he actually hit it?

Back then, everything and everyone was fair game, and if the local newspaper editor was an acerbic individual, nothing was sacred and no one was safe from the mighty pen- er, printing press.

This was first page news. A slow news day, perhaps? Or a dig at Sam that there were 26 rats at his place? Or is it kudos for a job well done by the dogs? We will never know.

This was a part of a ‘tour’ through the city streets of Marion, Ohio, written in a folksy way. Other news in that issue was about candidates for office, and those might have influenced this story. Read the latter section aloud to help understand it, if needed, though I have no idea about what ‘faithful Billy’ would be carrying. An archaic use of ‘poke’ was for a bag or pocket, so maybe it means the bags of mail?

Newspaper articles such as these give us a good idea of the context of our ancestor’s time, and help to ‘flesh out’ a real person who is more than names, dates, and places. It tells us the real history of our family, and helps us get to know our ancestors just a little bit better.

 

Notes, Sources, and References: 

1) All newspaper articles cited in captions.

 

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Beerbower Family

A Beerbower living in Egypt? Shanghai, China? Yes, there was, and she was living in those places, not just visiting.

We often think of our ancestors, especially those born in the 1800s, as staying in one place for much of their lives. Some of our ancestors, however, were world travelers. It would be so interesting to have them tell us their stories themselves!

Sadly, I have not found a diary or other information to detail daily life for Bertha Beatrice Beerbower, but can describe a bit of her life and travels.

Bertha was the youngest of three children born to Samuel Beerbower (1824-1890) and his wife Nance “Jane” Huggins Beerbower (1834-1930); she was the granddaughter of Caspar J. Bierbower (1782-1851) and Christina Reiber Bierbower (1784-1849). She would be a cousin, as her father Samuel was the younger brother of our ancestor, Eleazer John Beerbower.

Samuel and family moved from Marion, Ohio between 1870 and 1876, where Bertha was born 3 January 1876 in Winterset, Madison County, Iowa. Winterset is just 30 miles southwest of Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1870, the population was 1,485. The town was growing though, and by 1880 had 2,583 residents.

Berth’s siblings were quite a bit older- Olive was 21 when Bertha was born, and Casper 17; their mother age 42. Ollie passed away when Bertha was just 3, and Casper married when Bertha was 4, so she was, for all purposes, an only child.

Madison County, Iowa, is located on a a beautiful prairie, with hills and rivers running through. It is famous for its covered bridges, such as Roseman Bridge, which was built in 1883. Of the original 19 bridges built in the late 1800s, there are six still standing, built 1870-1883, and they are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. (The reference number for Roseman Bridge is 76000792.) Doubtless Bertha and her family traveled over these bridges many times, and may have picnicked along the banks.

Winterset was the county seat, and the old courthouse, which burned, was replaced the year Bertha was born, in 1876. This would have been a familiar sight in the downtown shopping area for Bertha and family.

Bertha married Benjamin Franklin Bare (1874-1951) on 25 May 1895 (or 15 Dec 1895 or 1896- need to verify date) in Winterset, so they would have visited the courthouse to obtain their marriage license. They had one child, Robert Osborne Bare (1901-1980), and lived in Winterset through the 1920 census. Benjamin, like his father, operated a grocery store and bakery in Winterset. He was also very interested in that new-fangled invention the automobile, owned one of the first in Madison County, and even offered a taxi service around 1900.

Robert and Bertha divorced after 1920 (1918 per some researchers, but they are found together in the 1920 census, along with 18 y/o Robert). Bertha was noted alone as a roomer in the 1925 census for Winterset, so the divorce likely took place between 1920-1925.

Bertha was a schoolteacher. She likely taught in the US, but she also taught in a girl’s school in Cairo, Egypt, after her enumeration in the 1925 Iowa census.

Life in Egypt would have been very different than that in Winterset, Iowa! King Tutankhamun’s tomb had been discovered in 1922, and the romance of ancient Egypt permeated cultures far and wide around the world during that time period. Architecture, jewelry, and home decor reflected the new-found riches of the tomb. It would have been an exciting adventure for Bertha to be in that part of the world during that time, and especially for a single woman.

There are passenger records for her departure from Bremen, Germany, on 12 Aug 1932 with her arrival a week later in New York on the ship, Columbus. She may have traveled from Egypt to Germany for her passage to the states.

Bertha also taught at a school in Shanghai, China. (We are not sure of the timetable of when she taught where overseas.) China was still not very “open” to Westerners at that time, so she would have probably delighted to see the old culture. The 1930s were tumultuous years in China- there were skirmishes between the Nationalist party and the Communists, with Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) battling for the country. Additionally, the Japanese had occupied parts of the country from 1931-1945, and committed many war atrocities against the civilian population. Bertha must have been very brave to stay through it all! But what a view she had of world history in the making- the occupation during the Sino-Japanese War became a part of World War II, in which Bertha’s son later served in the Marine Corps as a General of the Allied amphibious forces in the Pacific Theatre.

Bertha’s son Robert O. Bare and his wife Elizabeth Lowes Bare were listed on a passenger list for the ship Henderson which arrived in San Francisco on 19 Nov 1927 from Qinhuangdao, China.  Perhaps they had been visiting Bertha? (Alternatively, Robert may have been stationed in China and his wife accompanied him.)

[UPDATE 6/5/15: We now know that Robert was stationed in China at one point, so perhaps this was their return rather than a visit.]

Bertha is listed on the manifest of the M.S. Chichibu Maru which sailed from Yokohama Japan on July 15th, 1938, and arrived at the Port of Los Angeles on July 31st, 1938. Her destination in the United States was the “American College for girl Winterset Iowa.” There is no one else listed on that page with the same name, nor same hometown or destination, so it appears she was traveling alone. Leaving Asia in 1938 was a wise choice, as more war was imminent.

Bertha moved to Annapolis, Maryland after she returned from her travels and retired from teaching. She died there, on 24 Apr 1950 after a long illness. She is buried in the Winterset City Cemetery.

 

Notes, Sources, and References: 

1) Winterset, Iowa, 1907 image: “Winterset, Iowa – 1907” by FJ Bandholts – Library of Congress. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winterset,_Iowa_-_1907.jpg#/media/File:Winterset,_Iowa_-_1907.jpg

2) Roseman Bridge image from Wikimedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterset,_Iowa#/media/File:Roseman_Bridge.jpg. The bridge was used in the 1995 movie, The Bridges of Madison County.

3) Population statistics per Wikipedia entry for Winterset, Iowa, and originally from “American FactFinder”. United States Census Bureau. and Iowa Data Center.

4) 1932 Passenger list: Year: 1932; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 5207; Line: 11; Page Number: 41. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

5) M. S. Chichibu Maru manifest: Ancestry.com. California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Page 947/1076 on Ancestry, No. 104 written in on list. Original data: Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

6) Gizeh, Egypt image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Touristen_in_Egypte_-_Tourists_in_Egypt.jpg

7) Shanghai, China image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bund_in_1930_-_Shanghai_Urban_Planning_Exhibition_Center.JPG

8) Bertha Beerbower Bare- Obituary transcription: http://iagenweb.org/boards/madison/obituaries/index.cgi?read=144104

9) Find a Grave Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13685689&ref=acom

 

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