Sophia Caroline Blass married William Henry Beckman on Oct. 20, 1881 in San Joaquin Co., CA
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Death Certificate
Sophia Caroline Beckman
Father: Francis Blass, Germany
Mother: Minna Hacke, Germany
burial Lodi Cemetery Feb 18, 1954
Pioneer Of Tuolumne, Lodi Dies
Mrs. Sophia Caroline Beckman, one of Lodi's most beloved residents passed away at the age of 90 years early yesterday morning in a local rest home. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Mrs. Beckman had lived in Lodi since 1881, when she and her husband, the late William H. Beckman, settled on the ranch of the late George Beckman.
Her husband, a well remembered rancher of this district, passed away when he was 45 years old.
Born in Tuolumne
Mrs. Beckman was born July 17, 1863, in Gold Springs, near Columbia in Tuolumne county, the daughter of the late Francis and Minna Blass, pioneer gold miners and settlers of the area.
Her stories of the Mother Lode's early history, particularly of her encounters with the bandits of those days, Black Bart and Joaquin Murietta, are widely known in Lodi. As a young woman, Mrs. Beckman was an excellent shot with a pistol, which she carried most of the time, for hunting and target shooting.
Native Daughter
Mrs. Beckman was a charter member of Lodi's Ivy Parlor No. 88, Native Daughters of the Golden West and of the Hartford's Relief Corps.
She leaves five children, Albert, Charles L. and Eugene Beckman,all of Lodi; Mrs. Emma Bucker, Oakland; and Mrs. Edith Vele, Antioch. She was also the other of the late Mrs. Lulu Thompson of Lodi.
She was the grandmother of Mrs. Helen Mason, Mrs. Verda Horn and Edward Thompson, all of Lodi; Charles Jr., William T., Robert, Norman and Allen Beckman, all also of Lodi; Monroe Hawver, Antioch; Mrs. Retha Ameriel, Butte, Mont.; Mrs Myra Rucker, San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs.Walter Warner of Oakland, and the late Vernon Beckman of Lodi.
Also surviving are 17 great-grandchildren
The deceased was the sister of Mrs. Flora Langhorst of Lodi, and the sister-in-law of August Beckman, also of Lodi.
Interment in Lodi Cemetery
Lodi News-Sentinel Feb 17, 1954
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Death Certificate
Sophia Caroline Beckman
Father: Francis Blass, Germany
Mother: Minna Hacke, Germany
burial Lodi Cemetery Feb 18, 1954
Pioneer Of Tuolumne, Lodi Dies
Mrs. Sophia Caroline Beckman, one of Lodi's most beloved residents passed away at the age of 90 years early yesterday morning in a local rest home. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Mrs. Beckman had lived in Lodi since 1881, when she and her husband, the late William H. Beckman, settled on the ranch of the late George Beckman.
Her husband, a well remembered rancher of this district, passed away when he was 45 years old.
Born in Tuolumne
Mrs. Beckman was born July 17, 1863, in Gold Springs, near Columbia in Tuolumne county, the daughter of the late Francis and Minna Blass, pioneer gold miners and settlers of the area.
Her stories of the Mother Lode's early history, particularly of her encounters with the bandits of those days, Black Bart and Joaquin Murietta, are widely known in Lodi. As a young woman, Mrs. Beckman was an excellent shot with a pistol, which she carried most of the time, for hunting and target shooting.
Native Daughter
Mrs. Beckman was a charter member of Lodi's Ivy Parlor No. 88, Native Daughters of the Golden West and of the Hartford's Relief Corps.
She leaves five children, Albert, Charles L. and Eugene Beckman,all of Lodi; Mrs. Emma Bucker, Oakland; and Mrs. Edith Vele, Antioch. She was also the other of the late Mrs. Lulu Thompson of Lodi.
She was the grandmother of Mrs. Helen Mason, Mrs. Verda Horn and Edward Thompson, all of Lodi; Charles Jr., William T., Robert, Norman and Allen Beckman, all also of Lodi; Monroe Hawver, Antioch; Mrs. Retha Ameriel, Butte, Mont.; Mrs Myra Rucker, San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs.Walter Warner of Oakland, and the late Vernon Beckman of Lodi.
Also surviving are 17 great-grandchildren
The deceased was the sister of Mrs. Flora Langhorst of Lodi, and the sister-in-law of August Beckman, also of Lodi.
Interment in Lodi Cemetery
Lodi News-Sentinel Feb 17, 1954
Sophia Caroline Blass married William Henry Beckman on Oct. 20, 1881 in San Joaquin Co., CA
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Death Certificate
Sophia Caroline Beckman
Father: Francis Blass, Germany
Mother: Minna Hacke, Germany
burial Lodi Cemetery Feb 18, 1954
Pioneer Of Tuolumne, Lodi Dies
Mrs. Sophia Caroline Beckman, one of Lodi's most beloved residents passed away at the age of 90 years early yesterday morning in a local rest home. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Mrs. Beckman had lived in Lodi since 1881, when she and her husband, the late William H. Beckman, settled on the ranch of the late George Beckman.
Her husband, a well remembered rancher of this district, passed away when he was 45 years old.
Born in Tuolumne
Mrs. Beckman was born July 17, 1863, in Gold Springs, near Columbia in Tuolumne county, the daughter of the late Francis and Minna Blass, pioneer gold miners and settlers of the area.
Her stories of the Mother Lode's early history, particularly of her encounters with the bandits of those days, Black Bart and Joaquin Murietta, are widely known in Lodi. As a young woman, Mrs. Beckman was an excellent shot with a pistol, which she carried most of the time, for hunting and target shooting.
Native Daughter
Mrs. Beckman was a charter member of Lodi's Ivy Parlor No. 88, Native Daughters of the Golden West and of the Hartford's Relief Corps.
She leaves five children, Albert, Charles L. and Eugene Beckman,all of Lodi; Mrs. Emma Bucker, Oakland; and Mrs. Edith Vele, Antioch. She was also the other of the late Mrs. Lulu Thompson of Lodi.
She was the grandmother of Mrs. Helen Mason, Mrs. Verda Horn and Edward Thompson, all of Lodi; Charles Jr., William T., Robert, Norman and Allen Beckman, all also of Lodi; Monroe Hawver, Antioch; Mrs. Retha Ameriel, Butte, Mont.; Mrs Myra Rucker, San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs.Walter Warner of Oakland, and the late Vernon Beckman of Lodi.
Also surviving are 17 great-grandchildren
The deceased was the sister of Mrs. Flora Langhorst of Lodi, and the sister-in-law of August Beckman, also of Lodi.
Interment in Lodi Cemetery
Lodi News-Sentinel Feb 17, 1954
California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
Death Certificate
Sophia Caroline Beckman
Father: Francis Blass, Germany
Mother: Minna Hacke, Germany
burial Lodi Cemetery Feb 18, 1954
Pioneer Of Tuolumne, Lodi Dies
Mrs. Sophia Caroline Beckman, one of Lodi's most beloved residents passed away at the age of 90 years early yesterday morning in a local rest home. She had been in failing health for a number of years.
Mrs. Beckman had lived in Lodi since 1881, when she and her husband, the late William H. Beckman, settled on the ranch of the late George Beckman.
Her husband, a well remembered rancher of this district, passed away when he was 45 years old.
Born in Tuolumne
Mrs. Beckman was born July 17, 1863, in Gold Springs, near Columbia in Tuolumne county, the daughter of the late Francis and Minna Blass, pioneer gold miners and settlers of the area.
Her stories of the Mother Lode's early history, particularly of her encounters with the bandits of those days, Black Bart and Joaquin Murietta, are widely known in Lodi. As a young woman, Mrs. Beckman was an excellent shot with a pistol, which she carried most of the time, for hunting and target shooting.
Native Daughter
Mrs. Beckman was a charter member of Lodi's Ivy Parlor No. 88, Native Daughters of the Golden West and of the Hartford's Relief Corps.
She leaves five children, Albert, Charles L. and Eugene Beckman,all of Lodi; Mrs. Emma Bucker, Oakland; and Mrs. Edith Vele, Antioch. She was also the other of the late Mrs. Lulu Thompson of Lodi.
She was the grandmother of Mrs. Helen Mason, Mrs. Verda Horn and Edward Thompson, all of Lodi; Charles Jr., William T., Robert, Norman and Allen Beckman, all also of Lodi; Monroe Hawver, Antioch; Mrs. Retha Ameriel, Butte, Mont.; Mrs Myra Rucker, San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs.Walter Warner of Oakland, and the late Vernon Beckman of Lodi.
Also surviving are 17 great-grandchildren
The deceased was the sister of Mrs. Flora Langhorst of Lodi, and the sister-in-law of August Beckman, also of Lodi.
Interment in Lodi Cemetery
Lodi News-Sentinel Feb 17, 1954
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