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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Selma Clara Ernestine Bek: Birth: 21 Apr 1913 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Death: 3 Oct 2008 in Carol Stream, DuPage, IL

  2. Marguerite Augusta Edna "Margie" Bek: Birth: 23 Sep 1915 in St. Louis, MO. Death: 31 Jan 2009 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV

  3. Dorothea Augusta "Dottie" Bek: Birth: 19 Jan 1917 in St. Louis, MO. Death: 8 Aug 1979 in Marietta, Washington, OH


Sources
1. Title:   Draft Registration - World War I
Page:   Ser. 38, Ord. 484
2. Title:   Registration Card
Page:   Charleston, Kanawha, WV, Serial No. U8
3. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   4th Ward, Block 4, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, family 110/130
4. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Ward 4, Pct. 8, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, family 109/125
5. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Ward 13, St. Louis, MO, family 305/348
6. Title:   West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death
Page:   Cert. 56-011378 for John J. Bek
7. Title:   Charleston Daily Mail (WV)
Page:   Tuesday, 8 Jan 1974, p. 11A

Notes
a. Note:   DI45
Note:   OBITUARY from Charleston Gazette 1 Oct 1956: BEK, John J. - 75, of 946 Woodward Dr., died yesterday at the home of a daughter after a long illness. He was a former partner of the Triple-State Electric Co., and retired in 1938. He was a member of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Matilda Bek; three daughters, Mrs. J. O. Partridge of Marietta, Ohio, and Mrs. Arnold C. Asbury and Mrs. Clark G. Ault, both of Charleston; a sister, Miss Dora Bek of Seward, Neb.; and a brother, C. C. Bek of Winterset, Iowa. The body is at Bartlett mortuary.
b. Note:   s of 15 Apr 1910 show the following: 305/348 - Vogel, John, head, M W 70 M1 44, Ger Ger Ger, immigrated to US in 1860, naturalized, can speak English, can read and write, renting a home at 3542 Itasca St. ---, Katherine, wife, F W 65 M1 44, Ger Ger Ger, immigrated to US in 1857(? blurry), can speak English, can read and write, 11 children/6 surviving ---, John, son, M W 31 S, MO Ger Ger, can speak English, cutter, shoe factory, 20(? blurry) weeks unemployed in previous year, can read and write ---, Philip, son, M W 27 S, MO Ger Ger, can speak English, clerk, grocery, 4 weeks unemployed in previous year, can read and write Bek, Matilda, daughter, F W 33 M1 1, MO Ger Ger, can speak English, can read and write ---, John J., son-in-law, M W 29 M1 1, IL Ger Ger, can speak English, contractor, construction, employee, can read and write Mueller, Erwin, grandson, M W 12 S, MO MO MO, can speak English, can read and write, attended school in census year Pinckert, Waldemar R., boarder, M W 26 S, MO PA MO, can speak English, bookkeeper, Heat & Power Co., not unemployed in previous year, can read and write
Note:   US Census records for 13th Ward, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO a
c. Note:   . 367, sheet 6A, for the 4th ward, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, as of 1 Jan 1920, enumerated on 14 Jan 1920, lists the following: Bek, John K. [sic], Head, renting, M, W, 39, Married, can read and write, b. IL, f.b. Germany, f.m.t. German, m.b. Germany, m.m.t. German, able to speak English, [occupation indecipherable - looks similar to "Missouria" a few lines below; could have been in reference to his having just moved to WV from St. Louis, MO], Electric Co., working on own account ---, Matlida [sic], Wife, F, W, 42, Married, can read and write, b. MO, f.b. Germany, f.m.t. German, m.b. Germany, m.m.t. German, able to speak English ---, Selma, Daughter, F, W, 6, Single, attended school in previous year, can read and write, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO, able to speak English ---, Margarite [sic], Daughter, F, W, 4-3/12, Single, can read and write, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO ---, Dorothy, Daughter, F, W, 2-11/12, Single, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO
Note:   Census record for enumeration dist. 93, supervisor's dist
d. Note:   . 9, sheet 6A, for block 4 of the 4th ward, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, as of 1 Apr 1930, lists the following: Bek, John J., Head, renting at $60/mo., has a radio set, M, W, 49, Married at age 29, did not attend school in previous year, can read and write, b. IL, f.b. Germany, m.b. Germany, able to speak English, superintendent, automobile dealers retail, employee, worked on last work day before day of enumeration (i.e. 7 Apr 1930), not a veteran ---, Matilda A., Wife, F, W, 52, Married at age 31, did not attend school in previous year, can read and write, b. MO, f.b. Germany, m.b. Germany, able to speak English ---, Selma C.E., Daughter, F, W, 16, Single, attended school in previous year, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO, able to speak English ---, Marguerite A., Daughter, F, W, 14, Single, attended school in previous year, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO, able to speak English ---, Dorothy A., Daughter, F, W, 13, Single, attended school in previous year, b. MO, f.b. IL, m.b. MO, able to speak English
Note:   Census record of enumeration dist. 20-31, supervisor's dist


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