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
Marriage	27 Jan 1889		To Franklin Sleppy Hartsell (1867-1956)
Death	1863
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)
 Sources: 

Children

(Children with Frank Hartsell ):

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Blanche Josephine Hartsell Hartsell	F		PA
Edith Arilla Hartsell	F		PA
Velma Mamie Hartsell	F		PA
Lillian May Hartsell	F		PA
Martin Eugene Hartsell	M		PA
Hazel Demer Hartsell	F		PA
Bessie Pauline Hartsell	F		PA
Ruth Catherine Hartsell	F		PA
Dow Ralph Hartsell	M		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

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
3	1910 United States Federal Census
4	1920 United States Federal Census
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

Source Notes

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Web Sites - Incomplete Documentation

Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
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=