A Glimpse into the Life of the Samuel Beach Family

Samuel F. Beach and his wife, the former Harriet Jakes, were married in Erie County, Ohio in June of 1900. According to city directories, from about 1906 to 1921, they resided at 1311 Shelby Street.

Mr. and Mrs. Beach’s only child, Ruth Imogene Beach, was born on February 14, 1902. Ruth is pictured below when she was about three or four years old.

For most of his life, Samuel F. Beach was employed as a carpenter, working for many years for George Feick, but in 1915 and 1916, Sam Beach worked as a patrolman for the Sandusky Police Department.

Ruth Beach worked at the Citizens Banking Company for over forty years, retiring in 1964. This photograph of Ruth standing next to an automobile was taken when she was a young woman.

Samuel Beach passed away in 1939 and his wife Harriet died in 1948. Ruth Beach lived to be 73 years old, passing away in 1975. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beach and their daughter Ruth are all buried at Oakland Cemetery. Several photographs from the Beach family were donated to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center, allowing us the opportunity to learn more about the life of a local family in our community. If you have old family photographs, you too can learn more details about your family by looking at vital records, city directories, and genealogical databases, such as Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, and FamilySearch. Visit the Sandusky Library to get started on your family history research.