Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Marvin Beckrink and Edith Thankful Stright




Husband Marvin Beckrink 1

           Born: 22 Nov 1889 - Falconer, Chautauqua Co, NY 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Oct 1962 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Abram Beckrink (1863-1948) 1
         Mother: Sarah Wilhelmina Slotboom (1867-1954) 1


       Marriage: 18 Jul 1925 1

   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )



Wife Edith Thankful Stright
2

           Born: 30 Nov 1882 - Black Ash, Crawford Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1971 3
         Buried:  - Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY


         Father: William Hall Stright (1853-1938) 4 5
         Mother: Nancy Elvira Lackey (1853-1934) 2




Children

General Notes: Wife - Edith Thankful Stright


After her graduation from Tidioute High School and Slippery Rock State Normal School, Edith taught in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio, Sharon, Pennsylvania, and Jamestown, New York. In Jamestown she taught second grade in the Lillian Dickson Elementary School and the Charles Street School for forty years, retiring in 1956.
She was a member of the Fenton Historical Society, the Jamestown Audubon Society, the Marvin Community House, the Delphian Society, the Jamestown, State and National Retired Teachers Associations and the Daughters of the American Revolution (No. 74,966). She was a member of the Presbyterian Church where she served as a Deaconess.
Among her hobbies was collecting cruetts and antique glass which were exhibited at her home.

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Sources


1 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 44.

2 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 31.

3 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 45.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1018.

5 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 30.


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