Hettie Evelena Poapst ^{2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Hettie were Hetty Paupst, Eva Poapst, Hettie Eva Poapst, Hetty Eva Poapst, Hetty Evelena Poapst and Eva Pobst.

  General Notes:

This is Aunt Hetty, who married Dr. Jay Beebe. She was widowed then became bedridden, spent the last years of her life in her home on a cliff in Laguna Beach, California, cared for by her nephew Lind (until his death) and his wife, Lucille.

  Research Notes:

Source: Family records of Lorna (Wallace) Johnson.

Source: Personal acquaintance & family knowledge via Lorna Doone Wallace, Karen Gail Johnson etc., who knew her as "Aunt Hettie." Apparently Hettie's mother originally spelled her nickname "Hetty" (on backs of early photographs).

She signed her own postcards "Hettie" or, rarely, "H.E.B."

  Birth Notes:

May have been born in Lunenburg, Stormont, Ontario, Canada.

  Christening Notes:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2591631&id=I569048791 has Free Presbyterian Church.

  Burial Notes:

Memorial placque reads "Hettie Eva Beebe 1871 - ;1961"

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence, 1904, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States. Hettie resided in Rochester until her marriage to Jay Beebe, 18 May 1904.

• Residence: 510 W. Center Street, 1905-at least 1914, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States. This may have been Dr. Beebe's office address.

• Census: U.S, 1910, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States. ⁶ Household:
Head, J L Beebe, M, 35, Wisconsin, physician
Wife, H Eva Beebe, F, 37, Canada English
Sister-in-law, Edith Pabst, F, 29, Canada English, trained nurse
Mother-in-law, Hellen L Pabst, F, 59, Wisconsin

• Residence: 720 S. Lemon, 1921, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States. This is probably the home of Dr. and Mrs. Beebe that was a two-story, Queen Anne Victorian style house originally the residence of William A. Witte, built around 1877. Needs confirmation. Uncertain when they moved there or how long they lived there.

• Residence: Rockledge Road, Abt 1941-1961, Laguna Beach, Orange, California, United States.

Hettie married Jay Lee Beebe M. D., son of Norman Beebe and Susan L. Davis, on 18 May 1904 in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.¹ (Jay Lee Beebe M. D. was born on 16 Jun 1874 in Wisconsin, United States, died on 21 Oct 1953 in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.)

  Marriage Notes:

The ceremony, performed by W. H. Chapman of Anaheim was witnessed by Bird V. Beebe of Anaheim and G. L. Butterfield of Los Angeles.

The following is the wedding announcement that appeared in a local newspaper, probably published in Anaheim, California, based upon an advertisement on the reverse of the clipping. Bird V. Beebe lived in Anaheim, California. Upland, the home of Jay's mother, is in San Bernardino County, California.

"Dr. J. L. Beebe, of Lower Lake, Lake county, and Miss Eva Pobst [sic], of Rochester, Minn., were married at high noon Wednesday at the residence of the groom's brother, Bird V. Beebe. Rev. W. H. Chapman performed the ceremony, which was a very quiet one, only a few immediate relatives of the groom being present. Mrs. Chapman rendered an appropriate musical program, and after the ceremony a handsome wedding dinner was served. Dr. Beebe recently came out from the East and settled in Lake county, and after establishing himself sent for his promised bride to follow him. Dr. and Mrs. Beebe left Wednesday for a short visit to the former's mother at Upland, and thence will proceed to Lower Lake."