Charlotte Augusta Beer

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Charlotte Augusta Beer

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1849

Born In: England

Age: 96

Occupation: 

Marital Status: Widowed

Died: 10 Dec 1941

Cause of Death: 

Death Location: Redwood City

Burial Plot: S154

FindaGrave ID: 8107383

Charlotte Augusta Beer

Obituary

S. M. Oldest County's Oldest Voter Passes Away
Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Beer - "Mother" Beer to many of her friends - died at her home at 131 Monroe St., Redwood City, this forenoon following a period of failing health. She was 96 years of age.
Mrs. Beer, who has lived at the Monroe St. address ever since coming to Redwood City 65 years ago, was believed to be the oldest registered voter at the last election.
A native of England, Mrs. Beer came to the United States in 1865 as a young woman of 20. She married there, and came with her husband, Alfred J. Beer, to Redwood City 11 years later. He died in 1909.
It was while she was living in Chicago that the great fire occurred - in 1871. And it was on an occasion while she was visiting in San Francisco in1906 that the earthquake and fire there occurred.
Mrs. Beer was the mother of Mrs. Florence Sohn, Mrs. Bertha Hillebrand, Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, Mrs. Isabelle Lowe, Edwin, Webster, Leland and George Beer and the late Harry, Alfred, and Herbert Beer. She also leaves 15 great grandchildren and the following grandchildren: Mrs. Dorothy Lowe Bertellotti; Alfred, Donald, Gerald, Irby, Richard, and Jack Lowe; Mrs. Lois Simmons, James and Milton Johnson; Mrs. Norma Lalande; Mrs. Myrtle Immel and Pearl DeForrest .
The funeral will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Franklin & Crowe Mortuary, with the Rev. Schuyler Pratt officiating. A long-time friend, Otis M. Carrington, will sing. Burial will be private.

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