[F] #25331 Joanna May Reed ( Hannah Margaret MechlingSamuel MechlingSamuel MechlingMichael MechlingJohn Theobald "Dewalt" MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Joanna was born 16 Dec 1870 in Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania. She died 9 Jan 1956. She was buried in Rupp Cemetery, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania.

Joanna married #28697 Edwin R. Beckwith.

Relationship notes

They married 24 Dec 1899.

 

Edwin was born 7 Dec 1850. He died 25 Dec 1906.

[Mercy I-98] lists his birthday as 7 Dec 1850. However, [Beckwith] says, "Edwin R. Beckwith was b. 7 Dec. 1844.

Wrong date was put on the tombstone in Rupp cemetery. Family didn't want anyone to know how much older he was than his wife Joanna May Reed, daughter of Hannah Margaret Mechling. Info on Edwin's birth is from the family bible of his brother, Albert R. Snyder."

She goes on to say, "Edwin R. Beckwith changed his name from Erasmus Snyder. Edwin/Erasmus was the brother of my g[reat] grandfather who also changed his name from Henry C. Snyder to John C. Beckwith."

Children of this relationship:

#28698FiElla Elizabeth "Bird" Beckwith(15 Aug 1889–1 May 1963)
#28699MiiJohn C. Beckwith(22 Jan 1891–7 Dec 1970)
#28700MiiiEarl E. Beckwith(24 Jan 1893–27 Mar 1995)
#28701FivHannah Margaret Beckwith(24 Jul 1895–16 Dec 1963)
#28702MvBenjamin F. Beckwith(18 Jul 1900–21 Nov 1965)
#28704MviHarry A. Beckwith(22 Jun 1906–21 Dec 1995)

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-1998, Volume I-Dewalt Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1998). Ref. as [Mercy I-98].


Line Generation: 9

Relationship: Fourth Cousins Two Times Removed through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling