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James BEACH

Male 1835 - 1918  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James BEACH was born on 26 Jul 1835 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died on 2 Feb 1918 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1910, Dubuque, Iowa

    Notes:

    James joined his father in the manufacture of soap at Lawrence, Massachusetts, but at age 21 headed west to Chicago, and Aurora, Illinois, before finally settling in Dubuque, Iowa in 1856 were he purchased a half interest in a small soap factory. He later bought out his partners and expanded the business, with plants in St. Paul and St. Anthony, Minnesota.

    Soapmaking had an interesting Dubuque run before being washed up
    by Len Kruse
    Beach family: Family does a good job of cleaning up
    No one really knows when man first learned to make soap, but before people knew about it, they cleaned themselves with olive oil, plant ashes, bran and sand.In Colonial America, much of the soapmaking was done in the home. Housewives saved their fats and greases from cooking, put them in a large pot and boiled them with a lye made from wood ashes. The result was a useful, but strong, yellow soap. Dubuque’s first soap and candle factory was constructed in 1850 in a small wooden building located at South Locust and Dodge streets, called the F.M. Pleins & Company. In 1856, James Beach, of Dover, N.H., the son of a soap manufacturer, joined the firm by purchasing the interest of James P. Farley. Beach was just 21 years old.
     The candle product was dropped and the company’s name was changed to Pleins & Beach Soap Factory. Pleins sold out to Beach a year later. Twelve years after that, Beach’s eldest son, Edward, joined the company and the name became James Beach & Son.
     Young Beach had graduated from a chemical course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor of arts degree and had a good knowledge of the soapmaking business. To supply the ever-increasing demand for washing and toilet soaps, the company in 1891 built a large three-story brick building on the site and doubled its capacity. Business was very good, and 40 men were employed.Beach’s second son, Jim, came into the firm and the company’s name changed to James Beach & Sons.

     The demand for soap oils increased the use of many new agricultural products. Soap makers used coconut oil, sesame oil and soybean oil.In 1906, machinery was installed for the manufacture of a new product, soap powder. This was the first soap powder mill in the state. The company advertised heavily and presented samples of the new product to Dubuque housewives in order to familiarize them with it.
     Eight million pounds of soap was turned out annually. Six huge kettles were used for cooking the soap, where it was steamed and boiled for six days.Various oils from Ceylon and corn oil were used to scent the finer toilet soaps.By 1910, the factory manufactured several different laundry and toilet soaps. The most popular laundry brand was named “Peosta” and its glycerin hand soap was another favorite. Other kinds made included White Castile and Key City soap powder.
     Although the soap from the Dubuque factory was sold across the country, its principal market was the Midwest.
     In February 1918, James Beach Sr. was accidentally thrown from a horse-drawn sleigh and died. He had been active in civic affairs.
     The soap industry changed. The development of continuous processes for making soap was only one of many steps taken to produce more at less cost.
     Now, synthetic detergents account for about 90 percent of packaged washing products manufactured in the country. New detergents are used to make liquid cleansers and toilet bars for home and industry.


    Source:
    JAMES BEACH, of the firm of Pleins & Beach soap and candle manufacturers, corner of Dodge and Bluff streets, Dubuque; is a native of Dover, New Hampshire, and was born July 26, 1835; when 12 years of age he went to Lawrence, Mass., where he grew up to manhood; in 1856, he came to Chicago, and the following year came to Iowa, and located in Dubuque; he engaged in his present business with Mr. Pleins, and the firm of Pleins & Beach have carried on the business for twenty-three years, and built up a good trade; they are the oldest firm without change except one in the city. Mr. Beach has held the office of City Alderman. Mr. Beach was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Barr, from Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1873; they have three children: George, Edward and Charles. pg.764

    James married Caroline J. WILSON on 14 Jan 1861 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Caroline (daughter of Wait B. WILSON and Caroline ------) was born on 12 Dec 1843 in Connecticut; died on 18 Feb 1872; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Wilson BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1861 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 13 Jan 1955 in Belvedere, Marin, California; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
    2. 3. Edward James BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Dubuque, Iowa; died in 1962; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
    3. 4. Charles Burr BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1871 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 4 Jan 1959 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa.

    James married Sarah L. BARR on 14 Jan 1874 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio. Sarah was born about 1841 in New York; died on 10 Oct 1887; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    James married Mary L. WILLARD on 29 May 1890. Mary was born about 1845 in Georgia; died on 16 Jan 1916; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Wilson BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 10 Oct 1861 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 13 Jan 1955 in Belvedere, Marin, California; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1920, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Julien, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1940, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

    Notes:

    He settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1881 where he engaged in the soap making business. He later became involved in a Minneapolis quarry. He returned to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1918 and joined his father’s firm of James Beach & Sons. (Source: Family genealogy of Richard Beach as researched by Eugene H. Beach, Jr.)

    George married Cora Belle McDUFFEE on 6 Jun 1888 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts. Cora (daughter of Jacob McDUFFEE and Martha Bradbury HOPKINSON) was born on 7 Feb 1865 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 May 1931 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Carolyn Wilson BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jan 1890 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 10 Aug 1989 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
    2. 6. George Lawrence BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1893 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 4 Oct 1985 in San Francisco, California; was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.

    George married Marian Weymouth JUNKINS on 31 Jul 1933 in Rye, Westchester, New York. Marian (daughter of George Selby JUNKINS and Josephine Mary McDUFFEE) was born on 30 Jul 1880 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Apr 1966 in Belvedere, Marin, California; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Edward James BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Dubuque, Iowa; died in 1962; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1870, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Graduation: 1889, MIT, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1910, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1920, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1940, Dubuque, Iowa

    Notes:

    He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1889 and joined his father’s firm of James Beach & Sons in the manufacture of soap.

    Edward married Helen MacDuffee JUNKINS on 6 Apr 1909 in Stanford University, Stanford, Santa Clara, California. Helen (daughter of George Selby JUNKINS and Josephine Mary McDUFFEE) was born on 10 Jun 1877 in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1963; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. James Wilson BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1910 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; died on 25 Jan 2004 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Dubuque, Iowa.
    2. 8. Ruth BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Dubuque, Iowa; died in Jul 1979 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
    3. 9. Edward James BEACH, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1915 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 24 Mar 1927 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

  3. 4.  Charles Burr BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born in Oct 1871 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 4 Jan 1959 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Julien, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1940, Julien, Dubuque, Iowa

    Notes:

    He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1894 with a degree in chemical engineering and joined his father’s first of James Beach & Sons in the manufacture of soap.

    Charles married Elizabeth Wheldon BRAIN on 2 Oct 1902 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio. Elizabeth was born on 3 Nov 1870 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio; died after 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Sarah Willard BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1905 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1998 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.
    2. 11. Elizabeth BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1908 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 22 May 2002 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. 12. Mary Brain BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 1911 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 20 Apr 2006 in Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Carolyn Wilson BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 31 Jan 1890 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 10 Aug 1989 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Residence: 1923, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1940, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

    Carolyn married Donald McCARTHY in 1918. Donald (son of Nathaniel McCARTHY and Annie Wans McMILLAN) was born on 19 Jun 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died in Jun 1976 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Anne Beach McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1919 in Minnesota; died on 25 Dec 1983 in Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
    2. 14. Donald Wans McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1922 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 5 Jan 2018 in Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.

  2. 6.  George Lawrence BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 14 Aug 1893 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 4 Oct 1985 in San Francisco, California; was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Military Service: 1917, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1930, Hilt, Siskiyou, California
    • Census: 1940, San Francisco, California

    Family/Spouse: Violet LONG. Violet was born on 17 Jan 1895 in Sacramento, California; died on 22 Nov 1945 in San Francisco, California; was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  James Wilson BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 29 Jan 1910 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; died on 25 Jan 2004 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1910, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1920, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Dubuque, Iowa

    James married Helen McGINNIS in 1935 in Ames, Story, Iowa. Helen was born on 2 Aug 1910 in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska; died on 6 Oct 1995 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Allen Burgn BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1939 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 21 Dec 2010 in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa, Florida; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
    2. 16. Edward James BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1945.

  4. 8.  Ruth BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Dubuque, Iowa; died in Jul 1979 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Dubuque, Iowa
    • Census: 1940, Dubuque, Iowa


  5. 9.  Edward James BEACH, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 20 Jan 1915 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 24 Mar 1927 in Dubuque, Iowa; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1920, Dubuque, Iowa


  6. 10.  Sarah Willard BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.James1) was born on 24 Jun 1905 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1998 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.

  7. 11.  Elizabeth BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.James1) was born on 27 Sep 1908 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 22 May 2002 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Julien, Dubuque, Iowa


  8. 12.  Mary Brain BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (4.Charles2, 1.James1) was born on 28 Aug 1911 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 20 Apr 2006 in Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Julien, Dubuque, Iowa



Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Anne Beach McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 16 May 1919 in Minnesota; died on 25 Dec 1983 in Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1940, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

    Notes:

    Anne holds a B.S. degree (Course in Home Economics) from the University of Minnesota (1941).

    Family/Spouse: Edward Ford SHAW, III. Edward (son of Edward Ford SHAW and Clara Jane WYRWICKI) was born on 17 Mar 1919 in Little Falls, Morrison, Minnesota; died on 2 Jun 2007 in Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Edward Ford SHAW, IV  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 18. Jeffrey Forbes SHAW  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jun 1947 in Hennepin, Minnesota.
    3. 19. Carolyn Beach SHAW  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Feb 1950 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

  2. 14.  Donald Wans McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 11 Feb 1922 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 5 Jan 2018 in Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Census: 1940, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota

    Donald married Anne LESLIE about 1947. Anne was born on 29 Dec 1922 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; died on 24 Nov 2007 in Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Dr. Donald Wans McCARTHY, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1948 in Hennepin, Minnesota.
    2. 21. Peter Leslie McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jun 1949 in Hennepin, Minnesota.
    3. 22. Baby Boy McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1951 in Hennepin, Minnesota; and died.
    4. 23. Thomas Hill McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Dec 1956 in Hennepin, Minnesota.
    5. 24. Dr. Jill McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1958 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

  3. 15.  Allen Burgn BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (7.James3, 3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 10 Feb 1939 in Dubuque, Iowa; died on 21 Dec 2010 in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa, Florida; was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.

  4. 16.  Edward James BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (7.James3, 3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 1 Jan 1945.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2004, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey

    Family/Spouse: Lynne E. ALLEN. Lynne (daughter of Huntington O. ALLEN and Kathleen FISCHER) was born on 3 Feb 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. David Allen BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1971.
    2. 26. Kevin James BEACH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1974.


Generation: 5

  1. 17.  Edward Ford SHAW, IV Descendancy chart to this point (13.Anne4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1)

    Edward married Barbara K. ROE on 27 Jan 1968 in Hennepin, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 18.  Jeffrey Forbes SHAW Descendancy chart to this point (13.Anne4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 27 Jun 1947 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    Jeffrey earned a B.A. (Law school) from the University of Minnesota (1974).


  3. 19.  Carolyn Beach SHAW Descendancy chart to this point (13.Anne4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 11 Feb 1950 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Mr. TATON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Kristin TATON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 28. Andrew TATON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 29. Paul TATON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 30. Julia TATON  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 20.  Dr. Donald Wans McCARTHY, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (14.Donald4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 6 Jun 1948 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2007, Tucson, Maricopa, Arizona

    Family/Spouse: Carolyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. David McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 21.  Peter Leslie McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Donald4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 30 Jun 1949 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2007, Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota

    Family/Spouse: Donna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Nicholas McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 33. Courtney McCARTHY  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 22.  Baby Boy McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Donald4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 12 Apr 1951 in Hennepin, Minnesota; and died.

  7. 23.  Thomas Hill McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Donald4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 16 Dec 1956 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2007, Minnetonka Beach, Hennepin, Minnesota
    • Residence: 2018, Medina, Hennepin, Minnesota

    Family/Spouse: Darlene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 24.  Dr. Jill McCARTHY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Donald4, 5.Carolyn3, 2.George2, 1.James1) was born on 4 Aug 1958 in Hennepin, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2007, Golden, Jefferson, Colorado


  9. 25.  David Allen BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (16.Edward4, 7.James3, 3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born about 1971.

  10. 26.  Kevin James BEACH Descendancy chart to this point (16.Edward4, 7.James3, 3.Edward2, 1.James1) was born on 10 Sep 1974.