Beaber, Golda Mae

Birth Name Beaber, Golda Mae
Nick Name Goldie
Also Known As Beaber, Golda May
Gramps ID I2157
Gender female
Age at Death 95 years, 7 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1879-04-03 Arcola, Lake Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 2a 1b 1c
Census 1880 Churubusco, Whitley Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1900 Wayne Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1920 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Census 1930 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
Census 1940 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
7a
Death 1974-11-16 North Manchester, Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Beaber, John Thomas Sr. [I1061]1838-04-231884-02-13
Mother McCormick, Sarah G.C. [I2152]1853-09-241879-04-03
    Brother     Beaber, William J. [I2155] 1877-03-27 1898-08-27
         Beaber, Golda Mae [I2157] 1879-04-03 1974-11-16

Families

    Family of Stopher, Harry Centential and Beaber, Golda Mae [F0633]
Married Husband Stopher, Harry Centential [I2158] ( * 1876-06-14 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1897-10-05 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1d 8a
Divorce 1912-08-08 Kent Cty, Michigan, USA  
8a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Stopher, Helen [I2162]1900-07-051997-05-09
Stopher, Virginia Ruth [I2159]1908-03-152001-05-31
    Family of Horning, Max and Beaber, Golda Mae [F0634]
Married Husband Horning, Max [I2160] ( * 1855 + 1925-05-11 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1916-10-10 Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1b
    Family of Mize, Charles Franklin and Beaber, Golda Mae [F0635]
Married Husband Mize, Charles Franklin [I2161] ( * 1875-10-22 + 1941-12-31 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1927-11-01 Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
    Family of Archer, William Sherman and Beaber, Golda Mae [F0872]
Married Husband Archer, William Sherman [I2896] ( * 1866-10-19 + 1954-04-03 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1944-09-06 Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1c

Narrative

Golda Mae (or May) Beaber was married four times; the first, to Harry Stopher, ended in divorce after nearly fifteen years, and produced her only known children (daughters Helen and Virginia). Harry and Golda divorced in Michigan, where he was resident afterwards and remarried prior to 1920. (Who initiated the divorce is unknown at this point, but as the divorce was granted in Michigan and it is not known that Golda ever lived in Michigan, I have assumed at this point that Harry filed.) When Harry died, and where he is buried, is unknown at this time.

Her second marriage was to the German-born Max Horning - whose first wife died in 1914 - in October 1916, and lasted until his death in 1925. Max is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Cty, Indiana, with his first wife, Sarah.

Her third marriage was in 1927 to Charles Franklin Mize, another widower whose wife had died six months prior. This marriage lasted fourteen years, ending with his death on New Year's Eve of 1941. Charles is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, as well, with a gravestone that is engraved with both names. The stone's date engraving for Golda, though, is incomplete - which had led me to initially assume she was not buried there.

Jim Flack's research uncovered a fourth marriage for Golda - in September 1944, to William Sherman Archer, another widower whose first wife (Zada) had died in 1942 (and is buried in Lindenwood). William died in 1954; he is also buried in Lindenwood.

I had not initially known where Golda was buried, but that was without knowledge of the fourth marriage and another surname. Golda died in 1974 and, like three of her four husbands, is buried in Lindenwood.

Pedigree

  1. Beaber, John Thomas Sr. [I1061]
    1. McCormick, Sarah G.C. [I2152]
      1. Beaber, William J. [I2155]
      2. Beaber, Golda Mae
        1. Stopher, Harry Centential [I2158]
          1. Stopher, Helen [I2162]
          2. Stopher, Virginia Ruth [I2159]
        2. Horning, Max [I2160]
        3. Mize, Charles Franklin [I2161]
        4. Archer, William Sherman [I2896]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Confidence: High
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Courtesy of Jim Flack.

        Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
        Name: W Sherman Archer
        Gender: Male
        Age (Estimated): 78
        Race (Original): White
        Birth Date: 19 Oct 1866
        Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Allen,
        Previous Marriages: ONE (Spouse died 21 Jun 1942)
        Father's Name: John H Archer (dcd), born Allen County, Indiana.
        Mother's Name: Anna Maria Hoppel (dcd) born Northampton? County, Pennsylvania.
        ~
        Spouse's Name: Golda M Mize
        Spouse's Gender: Female
        Spouse's Age (Estimated): 65
        Spouse's Race (Original): White
        Spouse's Birth Date: 03 Apr 1879
        Spouse's Birthplace: Arcola, , Indiana
        Previous Marriages: THREE ( Divorce 1918, Death 1925 & 1942.)
        Spouse's Father's Name: John Beaver (dcd), born Indiana.
        Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Mccormick (dcd), born Indiana.
        ~
        Marriage Date: 06 Sep 1944
        Marriage Place: Allen, Indiana
        Officiator's Name: Paul Krauss
        ~
        Page: 339
        Number of Images: 1
        GS Film number: 002130409
        Digital Folder Number: 004205244
        Image Number: 00628
        Source: Image@ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXVK-QCP - 11 Sep 2014

      • Confidence: High
  2. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Courtesy of Jim Flack.

        DEATH: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
        Name: Golda Archer
        Last Residence: 46962 North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, USA
        BORN: 3 Apr 1879
        Died: Nov 1974
        State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
        Source: Ancestry.com - 11 Sep 2014.

  3. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
  4. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
  6. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
  7. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
  8. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [S0193]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        Courtesy of Jim Flack.

        Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952
        Name: Harry Stopher
        Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1897
        Marriage Place: F N Wayne, Indiana
        Decree Date: 8 Aug 1912
        Decree Place: Kent, Michigan, USA
        Spouse Name: Golda Stopher
        State File Number: 16932
        Number of Children: 2
        Divorce Status: Granted
        Source: Ancestry.com - 10 Sep 2014.