Robert Elgie Beals

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Robert Elgie Beals is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Ella May Beals Son of James Elgie Beals and Winnifred May Kline

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	13 Nov 1926	parents' farm, Richland Township, Venango County, PA
Marriage			To Sarah Sheesley
Death	3 Apr 2002
Burial		Old Zion Cemetery, Richland Township, Venango County, PA

Photos

Gravestone of Robert E. Beals & Sara E. Sheesley, at Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA

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. Census date April 15th, 1930. Lines 9-14: 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."
2	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	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals (Walls), 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records and library research, and interviews of community members.
4	Gravestone transcription, Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA. BEALS Robert E. Nov. 13, 1926, April 3, 2002; Sara E. Mar. 29, 1929, Sept. 15, 1999
5	Obituary for Robert Elgie Beals, age 75, in the Butler Eagle, 4 Apr 2002, pg. 12. Original available at the Butler Area Public Library [1].
6	Newspaper clipping titled "Robert Beals Honored on Retirement." Robert E. Beals is reported as having received a firetruck as a retirement gift from a local fire company. Robert ran a garage in Boyers and retired on April 15th. He was a past Fire Cheif of Marion Twp. Volunteer Fire Company. This image from Jenn Hall, a descendant of Robert Elgie Beals. A note in pen on the clipping indicates "June 17 - P[illegible Program?]"