Bertha Irene Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Bertha Irene Beals is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Ella May Beals Daughter of James Elgie Beals and Winnifred May Kline

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	6 May 1922	Richland Township, Venango County, PA
Marriage			To Wayne A. Chambers
Death
Burial

Photos

Loy, Ella, and infant Bertha Beals on steps of Beals farmhouse, Venango Co. PA; summer 1922

Bertha, Ella holding Robert Beals, winter of 1926-27

80th birthday party for James Francis Beals, 1926. Click image for list of individuals. Bertha Beals is front row, 8th from right.

Ella, Bertha, and baby Robert Beals on porch swing, Beals farm, 1927

Four photos from a day in ~1930; all dressed up.

Bertha, Loy, Ella, & Robert Beals approx. 1930

Ella, Bertha, Robert on porch, Loy Beals front, approx. 1930

Winnie & Elgie Beals with children Bertha & Robert, ~1930

Elgie & Winnie Beals with children Robert and Bertha, ~ 1930

Bertha, Robert & Ella Beals with great-aunt Barbara Philistia Kline, about 1930-31

Bertha, Robert, Ella Beals, circa 1933-34

Bertha, Robert & Ella Beals circa 1935-36

Elgie & Winnie Beals with children Robert & Sarah; date circa 1942

Bertha & Wayne Chambers at Beals farm, children(r to l)Ken, Helen, Don, Lois; circa 1959-60

Families of Ella, Bertha & Robert Beals at Beals farm circa 1957; click on photo for names.

Siblings Loy, Ella, Bertha & Robert Beals,at Beals farm, est. mid-1950's

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1930 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 61-40, Supervisor's District 2, Page 6, lines 9-14 lists James E. Beals, 40, married to Winnifred M. Beals, 42, and their four children: son James L. Beals, 18; daughter Ella M. Beals, 12; daughter Bertha I. Beals, 7; and son Robert E. Beals, 3 years and (illegible) months. The family is listed as living on a farm. At the time of their marriage, James E. Beals was 21 and Winnifred M. Beals was 22. James L. Beals, Ella M. Beals, and Bertha I. Beals attended school within the census year. Everyone but Robert E. Beals can read and write, everyone can speak English. Everyone and their parents were born in PA. James E. Beals' occupation is listed as "Farmer." This census page is dated April 15th, 1930.
1	1940 United States Federal Census, Richland Township, Venango County, PA, Enumeration District 61-54B, Page 2, dated 18 Apr 1940. Lines 51-54: James L. Beals, 50, living with his wife, Winiford M. Beals, 57, daughter Bertha I. Beals, 17, and son Robert E. Beals, 13. Everyone was born in PA. Everyone lived in the same house in 1935. The street name is listed as "Head 60015". The next home listed is that of James' son, Roy. Lines 55-59: Roy J. Beals, 28, living with his wife, Oral G. Beals, 26, their son James E. Beals, 5, son Ramon L. Beals, and daughter Mary J. Beals, 1. Everyone was born in PA. Roy and Oral lived in the same house in 1935. Roy falls on one of the two lines that gets supplemental questions in the 1940 census: his parents were both born in PA. He is a laborer in a steel mill. Roy and his family live next door to his father's family, see above.
3	Bertha I. Beals (Chambers) personal knowledge give through oral interviews and accompanying on farm and cemetery visits in Venango & Clarion Counties, PA. Living.