Walter Benjamin Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Walter Benjamin Beals is not in my direct ancestry. He is 3 steps removed in the following ways: Great-grandson of Jacob Beals and Elizabeth Brey Great-nephew of James Francis Beals

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	22 Mar 1901	Foxburg, Clarion Co. PA
Marriage	15 Aug 1929	Emlenton PA	To Edith Geraldine Shannon
Death	2 Jan 1971	Emlenton, Venango Co., PA
Burial

= Ancestry chart segment

                                    Generation 2             Generation 3                 Generation 4           Generation 5                               
                                                                                                             +-- Jacob Beals
                                                                                                             |
                                                                                                             |      
                                                                                      +-- Samuel Beals ------+ 
                                                                                      |   (1831-1907)        |
                                                        +-- Francis Augustus  Beals --+                      |                                                                                                     |   (1853-1943)               |  
                                                        |                             |                      |
                                +-- Lillian Mae Beals --+                             +-- Catherine C. Marsh |
                                | (1877-1967)           |                                 (1829-1880)        |
 +-- Edith Geraldine Shannon -- +                       +-- Permelia "Millie" Zellers                        |
 |   (1901-1971)                |                                                                            |
 |                              +-- Maurice Baker Shannon, Jr.                                               |
 |                                                                                                           |
 |                                                                                    +-- William Beals -----+
 |                                                                                    |                      |
 |                                                      +-- James Sinas Beals---------+                      |
 |                                                      |                             |                      +-- Elizabeth Brey                                                   |
 +----------------------------- Walter Benjamin Beals --+                             +--  Susan Kline
                                                        |
                                                        +-- Flornece Burgham
Sources: 
Note: Edith Geraldine Shannon is age-wise aligned with Generation 2 in our direct line ancestry,  but is in Generation 1, as counted from Samuel Beals. An extra generation appears between the descendants of Jacob Beals's older child Samuel Beals and younger child William Beals.

Children

Children with Edith Geraldine Shannon :

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Patricia Joan Beals	F	4 Oct 1930	Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		died 27 Feb 1933, Emlenton PA
Living son Beals	M		Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		2 daughters living
Living son Beals	M		Emlenton, Venango Co. PA		3 daughters living

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources >
Emlenton, Venango Co. PA	1897-2000

Photo Gallery

Standing, L to R: Faye McClellan (1916 - 1972), Walter Beals (1901 - 1971), Olive O. Shannon (Gates) (1897 - 2000), Carrie May (Gates) (probably mother of Lawrence Gates), (1865 - 1950), Edith Shannon (Beals) (1907 - 2004), Maurice Baker Shannon (1872 - 1947), Lillian Mae Beals (Shannon) (1877 - 1967), Francis Augustus Beals (1853-1943) Front, L to R: Harry Eugene Gates (1926 - 1964), Duane Beals (1931 - ), Clara Louise Gates(1923 - ), either Amie Lawrie Gates (1895 - 1987) or Ethel Marguerite Gates (1894 - 1978). At the Walt & Edith Beals home, Walnut St., Emlenton PA, ca. 1933.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census,
2	1920 United States Federal Census,
3	1930 United States Federal Census,
4	Personal correspondence of Duane Beals, son of Edith Geraldine Shannon & Walter Benjamin Beals, 2006-ongoing; FTM Beals file. See Contributors Per Duane Beals, the Gates family line is as follows: Carrie May Porterfield (2 Oct 1865-Feb 1950) married Henry Harrison Gates (23 Apr 1852 - Dec 1914). Their 3 children were Lawrence Emerson Gates (3 Apr 1893 in Squaw Valley, Butler Co. PA - 16 Sept 1977 Franklin, PA); Amie Lawrie Gates (12 Oct 1895 Emlenton PA - Feb 1987); Ethel Marguerite Gates (9 June 1894 Emlenton PA - Nov 1978 Bruin PA). Lawrence Emerson Gates married (22 June 1920 in Emlenton PA) to Olive Oretta Shannon. Their three children, all born Emlenton PA: Clara Louise Gates (22 Aug 1923- ); Harry Eugene "Gene" Gates (16 Oct 1926-19 Mar 1964 in Orange TX); Maurice Clarence Gates (15 Oct 1929 - 28 Mar 1932 in Emlenton PA).