Catherine Alberta Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Catherine Alberta "Berta" Beals is not in my direct ancestry. She is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Niece of James Francis Beals;daughter of Samuel Beals Granddaughter of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	14 Apr 1870	expect Beaver Twp. Clarion Co. PA
Marriage	27 Jan 1889		To Franklin Sleppy Hartsell (1867-1956)
Death	8 May 1863	Oil City, Venango Co. PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 3                            Generation 4                                    
                                                
                                       +-- Samuel Beals  
                                       |   (1831-1907)   
 +-- Alberta Catherine "Berta" Beals --+                  
 |   (1870-1963)                       |                       
 |                                     +-- Catherine C. Marsh
 |                                         (1829-1880)
 +
 |                                        
 |                                     +-- Martin Van Buren Hartsel                                     
 |                                     |   (1836-1931)
 +-- Franklin Sleppy Hartsell ---------+  
     (1867-1956)                       |
                                       +-- Phebe Ann Sleppy
                                           (1843-1924)
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Children

(Children with Frank Hartsell ):

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Blanche Josephine Hartsell	F		Riedsburg, Monroe Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Edith Arilla Hartsell	F	22 Sept 1889	Riedsburg, Monroe Twp., Clarion Co. PA	m.1) Isaac Miller (1886-1982); 2nd)Matthew Thompson	died 12 Mar 1982
Velma Mamie Hartsell	F	7 Sept 1891	Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA		died 7 Sept 1914, New Stratville OH
Lillian May Hartsell	F	24 June 1892	Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA		died 5 May 1897, Beaver Twp., Clarion Co.
Martin Eugene Hartsell	M	5 July 1898	Riedsburg, Monroe Twp., Clarion Co. PA	m. 1923 to Grace C. Bartlett; 1 child: Phyliss J. Hartsell (1924-	died 17 May 1984, Lorain, Loraine Co. OH
Hazel Demer Hartsell	F	14 Apr 1901	Riedsburg, Monroe Twp., Clarion Co. PA	m. 1)George Bates; 2) George McCartey	died 12 Dec 1940, NY
Bessie Pauline Hartsell	F	7 Sept 1907	Seneca, Venango Co. PA		died 1 Apr 1922, Hocking OH
Ruth Catherine Hartsell	F	20 Mar 1910	Oil City, Venango Co. PA	m. 22 May 1954 to Frank Holliday
Dow Ralph Hartsell	M	8 June 1913	New Stratville OH	m. 6 July 1937 to Elizabeth Wymer Seth; 3 children: 2 living, Janiel Marie Hartsell (1938-1985)	died 22 Mar 1997, Knox, Clarion Co. PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA	1870 -~1889	with parents
Monroe Twp, Clarion Co. PA		1900
Seneca, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co. PA		1910
Falls Twp, Hocking Co. OH		1920
Richland Twp, Venango Co. PA		1930

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1880 United States Federal Census, Beaver T., Clarion Co. PA, Pg 56, Date of census 17 June 1880. Lines 13-18: Saml. Beals age 48 farmer, wife Catherine age 50 (notation "hung herself June 3rd"). Children: son Hiram C. age 17, dau. Isabella age 15, dau. Clara age 12, dau. Alberti age 10. All born PA, all parents born PA. Date of census 17 June 1880. Instructions were that all persons alive on June 1, 1880 to be included in census.
2	1900 United States Federal Census, District 8, Monroe Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 6. Census dated 7 June 1900. Lines 38-42: Frank S. Hartsell, head, 32, b. July 1867, married 11 yrs, b. Wisc, parents b. PA, farmer, rents farm; Bertha C., wife, 30, b. April 1870, married 11 yrs, 4 children born, 3 living; Edith A., dau, 10, b. Sept 1889, at school; Velma M., dau, 8, b. July 1891; Martin D., son, 1, b. July 1898. All except Frank b. PA. Adults can read and write English.
3	1910 United States Federal Census, District 111, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 27. Census dated 2/3 May 1910. Lines 4-11: F.S.Hartsell, head, 43, first marriage, 21 yrs, driller, oil lease, owns home with mortgage; Catheryn, wife, 40, first marriage 21 yrs, 8 children born, 6 living; Edith, dau, 20, servant, private home; Velma, dau, 18, attd school; Martin, son, 10, attd school; Hazel, dau, 9, attd school; Pauline, dau, 2; Ruth, dau, 1 month. All b PA except Frank b. Wisconsin. Catheryn's parents b. PA.
4	1920 United States Federal Census, District 37, Falls Twp, Hocking Co, OH, page 12. Census dated 19 Jan 1920. Lines 94-99: Frank Hartsell, head, 53, rents home, driller, oil field, b. WI, parents b. PA; Bertha, wife, 49, b. PA, parents b. PA; Martin, son, 21, b. OH, laborer, oil field; Pauline, dau, 12, in school, b. OH; Ruth, dau, 9, in school, b. OH; Dow, son, 6, b. OH
5	1930 United States Federal Census, District 40, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 14. Census dated 15 April 1930. Lines 88-93: Frank S. Hartsell, head, 63, owns home, farmer, gen farming, b. WI, parents b. PA; Alberta C., wife, 60, b. PA, parents b. PA; Ruth C., dau, 20, in school, b. PA; Dow R., son, 16, b. OH; Lee C. McCarty, gr. son, 7, b. OH, father b. OH, mother PA; Evelin R., gr.son, 5, b. PA, father b. OH, mother b. PA. All adults can read and write English.
7	Cemetery Association Record: Jacob Beals from Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association lists Bertha Beals, daughter of Samuel Beals, married to Frank S. Hartzell	See transcript
8	Samuel Beals Obituary, from clipping without source; transcribed by Duane Beals 2007. Samuel Beals aged 75yrs, died in Beaver Twp. on 30 Jan. Born in Lehigh Co. 5 Sept. 1841 (sic; 1831). Children Frank, Kurtz, Mrs. James Laughner, Mrs. J. W. Buckalew, Mrs. Frank Hartsell, Mrs. C. P. Reed, Slyde, Jacob, Maybel, Alta & Margie; stepson Warren Baker; sister Mrs Anna Biery; brothers James, William, Levi & Hiram. Interment in Knox Cemetery. (Residences given.)	(Complete transcription)
9	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals (grandson of James Sinas Beals), 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. Catherine Alberta Beals b. 14 Arp. 1870, d. 8 May 1963 Cranberry PA, daughter of Samuel Beals and Catherine C. Marsh. Married Frank S. Hartsell (who d. 24 Feb 1956, Cranberry PA). Children of Catherine Alberta Beals & Frank Hartsell (7 daughters, 2 sons): Edith Hartsell Velma Hartsell Martin E. Hartsell Pauline Hartsell Blanche Josephine Hartsell (b. 4 Mar 1904; d. 12 Feb 1909 Cranberry PA) Hazel Hartsell Dow R. Hartsell (b. 8 Jun 1913; d. 22 Mar 1997 Cranberry PA) Ruth C. Hartsell (b. 20 Mar. 1910; d. 17 Jan 1989 Callenburg PA) Lillian Hartsell
10	Obituary Catherine Alberta Beals, The Derrick 10 May 1963. Mrs. Alberta Hartsell, died "Wednesday"(i.e.,8 May 1963) at Garmong Convalescent Home, Oil City PA; widow of Frank S. Hartsell who died 24 Feb 1956. Survived by: son Dow R. Hartsell of Knox PA, daughter Mrs. Isaac (Edith) Miller of New Straitsville OH, daughter Mrs. Frank (Ruth) Holliday of Callensburg PA, son Martin E. Hartsell of Mt. Vernon OH; two half-sister Mrs. Bert Rowe and Mrs. John Hahn, and half-brother Jacob Beals, all 3 of Knox PA.

Source Notes

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W1	It's All Relative family tree on Ancestry.com, owner Michael Swan, whose spouse descends (paternally) from Samuel Beals via daughter Alberta Catharine Beals (1870-1963), married to Franklin Sleppy Hartsell (1867-1956). See: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7069115/person/-1013879201?ssrc=