Jacob E. Beachner

  General Notes:

Notes from Randall Beachner:

Randy remembers being told that Jacob was an excellent carpenter. He still has Jacob's rusty square. He also remembers hearing about a terrible fight that Jacob and Jennie got into where Jennie vowed never to talk to Jacob again. They wanted to split up but couldn't because they had no money. The family story says that Jacob may have had to live in the shed in the backyard of 415 Alphonse Street for awhile after the big fight.

Jacob's timeline:

1860-1870 US Census: See notes under father Jacob E. Beachner, Sr.

Jacob moved to New York from Ohio probably between 1875 and 1880.

1880 US Census: Listed as a worker - farm laborer with the Wm Brower family in Irondequoit, NY. What looks to be his nephew John Beachner, son of half-brother George - age 18, is also working the same farm. It looks as if the farm was near Swaines Corners (Culver and Ridge Road). Other people on the same census page include Hahn the Blacksmith, and Benjamin Bidlock the Carriage Maker, Shaw, and Hobbie. Most of surrounding people can be found on the 1872 and 1887 maps of Irondequoit. Also, John L. Koehler, father of wife Jennie B. (Koehler) Beachner is shown on these maps.

1887 Rochester, NY Directory: Beachner, Jacob E. carpenter h. 14 Carter

1890-91 Roch, NY Dir: Beachner, Jacob E. carpenter h. Alphonse n. Carter
Note: Beachner, John H. also listed as carpenter b. Alphonse n. Carter. Again his nephew John living with him.

1895 Roch, NY Dir: Beachner, Jacob E. carpenter 134 E. Main h. 149 Alphonse
1896 same
1897 same
1898 same
1899 same
1900 same

1900 US Census: owns 149 Alphonse St. and listed as carpenter. Living with wife of 13 years, Jennie and sons Harold, Wesley, and Roland.

1905 Roch, NY Dir: Beachner, Jacob E. carpenter h. 415 Alphonse St.
1910 same
1914 same
1915 same

1916 Roch, NY Dir: Beachner, Jacob E. died 31 Aug 1915

Jacob's Obituary as found in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 1 Sep 1915:

BEACHNER - At the family residence, No. 415 Alphonse Street, Tuesday, August 31, 1915, Jacob E. Beachner. He leaves his wife Jennie B. Beachner; three sons, Harold, Wesley, and Roland Beachner: one grandchild, Robert W. Beachner: three sisters, Mrs. Sadie Beelman, of Saginaw, Mich., Mrs. Barbara Brasser and Mrs. Julia Marsh: one brother George Beachner.
Funeral from the home, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please omit flowers. Burial private.

Info on Jacob's Death Certificate: NY State Cert #47396
Residence: 415 Alphonse, Rochester, NY
DOB: June 15, 1860
Occupation: Carpenter, House Builder
Birthplace: Ohio
Father: Jacob Beachner
Mother: Unknown
Informant: Mrs. J. Beachner
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY Sept 2, 1915
Cause of death: Interstitial Nephritis Anasarca

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Carpenter, 1886-1915, Rochester, Monroe, NY. ³

• Occupation: Farmer, 1880, Irondequiot, New York. ⁵

Jacob married Johanna B. Koehler, daughter of John L. Koehler and Barbara Strehle, on 22 Jul 1886 in Rochester, Monroe, New York.^{1 2} (Johanna B. Koehler was born on 7 Nov 1858 in Rochester, Monroe, New York,^{2 6} died on 15 Apr 1943 in Henrietta, NY and was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York.)