Beach, Andrew

Other Events:

• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1201

Notes:

Biography:
ANDREW J. BEACH, one of the prosperous business men of Deer Creek township, who is the proprietor of a flourishing mercantile establishment at Welcome, Wisconsin, was born July 10, 1868, at Menasha, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, and is a son of Andrew J. and Hattie (Bullen) Beach, natives of New York State and England, respectively. Mr. Beach traces his ancestry on the paternal side back to Welsh immigrants who came to this country about the time of the American Revolution, while his mother came to America from England at sixteen years of age and settled in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, later moving to Woodville, Calumet county. Andrew J. Beach, the father, came to Wisconsin in 1843, when seventeen years of age, settling in the Fox River Valley, and in 1860 was married and moved to Menasha, where he was engaged in engineering on the river. He died in Glenwood, St. Croix county, in August, 1904, at the age of seventy-nine years, and his wife died on the 28th of the same month and year, being sixty-seven years of age. Andrew J. Beach of Welcome was the seventh of a family of nine children, and received a common school education. He remained at home until he was sixteen years of age and then commenced working for wages at the cooper trade, and several years later engaged with the Menasha Wooden Ware Company. About the time he was twenty-four years old he began river driving and lumbering, continuing that for twelve winters, while he spent his summers in coopering. He then moved to Deer Creek township and rented a farm for two years, at the end of which time he decided upon a business career and subsequently established himself in the mercantile business in the village of Welcome, where he has been engaged in business since the fall of 1902. He has displayed good management and marked business ability, and his venture has proved a decided success and proved the wisdom of his choice. In 1894 Mr. Beach was married to Miss Elizabeth Rockstroh, who was born February 14, 1870, the fifth of the seven children born to John F. and Anna Margaretha (Riess) Rockstroh, natives of Germany. Mr Rockstroh came to America at the age of nineteen years, and his wife emigrated to this country with her parents when she was fifteen. They were married in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, in 1859, and lived there for four years, then moving to Appleton, where Mr. Rockstroh died April 26, 1892, aged sixty-seven years, Mrs. Rockstroh having passed away December 8, 1885, when forty-six years old. Both are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Appleton. Mr. Rockstroh was a baker by trade as was also his brother, his father and his grandfather. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beach: Theodore E., born March 2, 1895, now attending school. Mr. Beach is a member of the Equitable Fraternal Union and is independent in politics, having served two terms on the village board of trustees. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Welcome, Mrs. Beach having been church treasurer for six years, as well as being a teacher in the Sunday school and a member of the Ladies' Aid Society.

Andrew married Rockstroh, Elizabeth Abt 1894. Elizabeth was born 14 Feb 1870; died 15 Jun 1966. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military Service: Between 15 Jul 1917 and 19 May 1919; WWI

Notes:

Military Service:
Name:Theodore Beach
Gender:Male
Birth Date:2 Mar 1895
Death Date:27 Oct 1981
SSN:399182842
Branch 1:ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:15 Jul 1917
Release Date 1:19 May 1919