POPE, Edith

EDITH POPE
New Berlin, NY, Class of 1909

UPDATE - Edith Pope has been claimed by a relative and is going home!

Identification on photo: EDITH POPE
Photo taken: Talbot Studio, New Berlin, NY 1909
Purchased: Aug 2018 Madison-Bouckville NY Antiques Week

Born 5 Feb 1892.

1905 State Census > NY > Chenango > New Berlin > Cushman Street
POPE, D. Lavell, head, 40, Farmer
POPE, Caroline, wife, 38, housework
POPE, Edith, daughter, 13, school
POPE, Sidney, son, 10, school

This insert (at right) was located in The Norwich Sun, December 23, 1907, regarding happenings in nearby New Berlin.

And this insert (at left) was in The Norwich Sun April 6, 1909.

(You may click the image for a larger version.)

1910 Census > NY > Chenango > Columbus > Talett Road
POPE, D. Lavell, head, 45, born in NY of NY parents, Farmer
POPE, Caroline, wife, 43, born in NY of English parents
POPE, Edith, daughter, 18, born in NY
POPE, Sidney, son, 15, born in NY

On 31 Dec 1914, Edith Glenne Pope (age 22) married Royce Lovane Beers (age 26, mechanical engineer with Detroit Stoker Co.). Bride's parents are D.L. Pope and Caroline Lee Worthy (or perhaps Leworthy). Groom's parents are William H. Beers and Edna C. Mason.

They had four children:

• Leland Pope Beers (1915-1998) had a son and a daughter.
• Barbara A. Beers (1918-1997) married but not sure if she had children.
• Robert Edwin Beers (1921-1985) married Lareine May Armspach.
• Walter Lavelle Beers (1928-1995) married Eugenia Billeter and had 2 daughters.

1940 City Directory for Birmingham Michigan, Edith Beers is mentioned twice; once as the wife of Royce L. Beers, and also in an entry of her own in which she is described as the "Pres Am Assn of University Women".

Edith died 3 April 1940 in Birmingham Michigan, of apoplexy (which I believe is now simple called stroke).