Joseph Wright Beattie and Lydia Bowen
Joseph Wright Beattie
- Born
- 15 APR 1848[1] at Chicago, Ill.
- Resided
- 1900[2] at Champaign Township, Champaign County, Ill.
- Resided
- 1937[3] at Rosamond Township, Christian County, Ill.
- Died
- 06 FEB 1937[4]
- Buried
- 08 FEB 1937[5] at Rosamond, Christian County, Ill.
- Married
- 1879[6] at Champaign County, Ill.
NOTE: The 1937 Illinois death certificate index names his parents as Joseph Beattie and Mary Wright, both born in Ireland, and the 1879 Champaign County marriage index names the same two as his parents; neither index names an informant, and the parents are named in these records only. He is the father named on the 1916 marriage record of his son Albert (J.W. Beattie), and he was living at Rosamond, Christian County, where Albert married in 1916. The 1900 census gives his birth as April 1848 in Illinois, matching the certificate’s month and year; the certificate’s Chicago birthplace is consistent with Illinois.
NOTE: Needs independent verification: his birth, death, burial and 1937 residence rest on the Illinois death certificate index (secondary information) alone, and his 1900 census entry rests on one index entry of undetermined information.
Lydia Bowen
- Born
- 06 SEP 1857[7] at Ky.
- Resided
- 1900[8] at Champaign Township, Champaign County, Ill.
- Resided
- 1919[9] at Rosamond, Christian County, Ill.
- Died
- 18 OCT 1919[10]
- Buried
- 19 OCT 1919[11] at Rosamond, Christian County, Ill.
NOTE: Lydia Bowen’s 1919 death certificate index does not name her husband. She is identified as the mother of Albert Agustus Beattie by her name, by a Kentucky birth in September 1857 that matches her age and birthplace in the 1900 census household, by her residence at Rosamond, Christian County, where Joseph Wright Beattie died in 1937, and by the death year 1919 on the memorial of Albert’s parents; the 1879 marriage index and the birth register entries for Albert and David name her as Lydia Bowen. The certificate names her parents as Horace Bowen and Nancy Brown, both born in Rhode Island, while the marriage index names a Horace (indexed with the surname Beattie) and Mary Bowen. The two records disagree on her mother’s name and the disagreement is left unresolved; her parents are named in these records only.
NOTE: Needs independent verification: her birth, death, burial and 1919 residence rest on the Illinois death certificate index (secondary information) alone, and her 1900 census entry rests on one index entry of undetermined information.
Children
- Born
- 22 OCT 1883[16] · Champaign County, Ill.
NOTE: David James Beattie was the twin of Albert Agustus Beattie: the Illinois birth register index enters both on 22 October 1883 in Champaign County, each marked as a twin, with the same parents, Joseph Beattie and Lydia Bowen. The 1900 census lists David J, aged 17, as a brother in the household of Joseph W Beattie beside Albert A, also 17. No marriage, death or later record of his own has been seen.
NOTE: Needs independent verification: his 1900 census entry rests on one index entry of undetermined information.