Beaber, Herman Knight

Birth Name Beaber, Herman Knight
Gramps ID I2168
Gender male
Age at Death 93 years, 8 months, 11 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1907-05-25 Hydesville, Humboldt Cty, California, USA  
1a
Census 1910 Hydesville, Humboldt Cty, California, USA  
2a
Census 1920 Rohnerville, Humboldt Cty, California, USA  
3a
Death 2001-02-05 Midlothian, Ellis Cty, Texas, USA  
1a
Burial   Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Cty, Texas, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Beaber, John Thomas Jr. [I2154]1871-06-061956-11-29
Mother Rhoades, Mary [I2167]1876-04-191953-07-14
    Brother     Beaber, John Frederick [I2876] 1899-06-18 1990-01-24
         Beaber, Herman Knight [I2168] 1907-05-25 2001-02-05
    Sister     Beaber, Bernice [I2877] 1909-10-23 1988-02-28
    Sister     Beaber, Mary Ardis [I2892] 1917-10-26 1956-08-18

Families

    Family of Beaber, Herman Knight and Berry, Mattie Blanche [F0641]
Married Wife Berry, Mattie Blanche [I2169] ( * 1914-02-23 + 1998-10-23 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1955    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Beaber, John S. [I2878]
Beaber, Esther Jean [I2879]

Narrative

Herman Beaber initially attended college at the University of California, where he studied chemistry and electrical engineering. After two years, he left college and entered the ministry, eventually becoming a missionary and working in the Philippines in 1940.

The Japanese took many people in the Philippines prisoner in 1942, during the early course of World War II; Herman Beaber was one of several missionaries taken to Los Baños Internment Camp approximately 40 miles south of Manila. There he remained for three years until rescued a day prior to execution (on 23 Feb 1945) by US military action.

Herman kept a diary of his days in the prison camp, which has since been edited and published (through the work of his son, John S. Beaber) in book form, titled Deliverance! It Has Come!

Herman returned to the Philippines and continued his missionary work for several years after the war, with the aid of his sister, Bernice. For reasons of health, he left missionary work in 1951 and moved to Texas. He married in 1955, and he and his wife adopted two children. In his years in Texas he worked as a counsellor in a county home for youth, and eventually in administration of a boys' home. After marriage, he worked in management of a truck rental company. He died early in February 2001.

Pedigree

  1. Beaber, John Thomas Jr. [I2154]
    1. Rhoades, Mary [I2167]
      1. Beaber, John Frederick [I2876]
      2. Beaber, Herman Knight
        1. Berry, Mattie Blanche [I2169]
          1. Beaber, John S. [I2878]
          2. Beaber, Esther Jean [I2879]
      3. Beaber, Bernice [I2877]
      4. Beaber, Mary Ardis [I2892]

Ancestors

Source References

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

        Courtesy of Jim Flack.

        DEATH: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
        Name: Herman K. Beaber
        Last Residence: 76065 Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, USA
        BORN: 25 May 1907
        Died: 5 Feb 2001
        State (Year) SSN issued: California (1951-1952)
        Source: Ancestry.com - 9 Sep 2014

  2. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
  3. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920