Father | Austin Ormond Beckwith ( - ) |
Mother | Jeanett Pauline Jones ( - ) |
Record Created: 18 February 2023; Last Edited: 18 February 2023 |
Person ID | 13282 |
Name | Benjamin Merl Beckwith |
Gender | Male |
Born | 17 September 1895 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
Married | 1917 to Alice Elizabeth Crippin1 |
Married | 26 November 1924 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan to Esther Reimer2 |
Spouse 1 | Alice Elizabeth Crippin (daughter of Albert Leroy Crippen and Hannah L. Conklin) |
Born | 12 February 1899 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Married | 1917 to Benjamin Merl Beckwith |
Died | 3 August 1922 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Children | of Benjamin Merl Beckwith and Alice Elizabeth Crippin: |
+1. | Laurence Clair Beckwith |
Born | 13 July 1918 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Married | 1944 to Janet Ruth McCulloch |
Died | 1 April 1999 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan |
+2. | Melvin Merle Beckwith |
Born | 20 October 1919 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Married | 15 August 1943 to Betty Jean Goodrode |
Died | 14 August 1944 in France |
3. | Duane Everett Beckwith |
Born | 18 March 1921 in Michigan |
Died | 31 August 1921 |
+4. | Virginia Irene Beckwith |
Born | 31 March 1922 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Married | 1944 to Frederick A. Ninke |
Married | 1980 to Eugene Norman Landeck |
Died | 19 December 1996 in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio |
Spouse 2 | Esther Reimer (daughter of Fred William Reimer and Ida Pauline Thus) |
Born | 12 November 1902 in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois |
Married | 26 November 1924 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan to Benjamin Merl Beckwith |
Died | 31 October 1991 |
Children | of Benjamin Merl Beckwith and Esther Reimer: |
1. | Rev. Dean H. Beckwith |
Born | 27 October 1939 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan |
Died | 18 October 2021 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan |