Beach, Raymond Walter

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Raymond Walter Beach Soundex Code B200

Raymond Walter Beach, lawyer;

Born in: Percival, Iowa, on Sunday, November 29, 1863;

Son of: Henry W. Beach and Eva E. Beach, nee: Eva E. Canfield.

Siblings: Max Beach, Elmer Ellsworth Beach, Rex Beach

Raymond spent most of his boyhood and youth in Grand Rapids and Charlevoix, Michigan;

Educated in grammar and high schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in University of Michigan, graduating B.S.C.E., 1886, and from law department, LL.B., 1889; J.D., Chicago Law School, 1910;

Married Jeannie Beach, nee:Jennie Healy, in Chicago, on Tuesday, October 4, 1892;

Daughter: Ethel Corinne

Admitted to bar of Illinois, 1889.

Joined his brother, Elmer Ellsworth Beach, to form the law firm of Beach & Beach, in general practice of law, making a specialty of corporation, real estate and insurance law.

Treasurer and director Northwestern Development Company and other corporations.

Lecturer on common law pleadings in Chicago Law School and a member of the Faculty.

Member American Bar Association,

Chicago Bar Association,

Illinois State Bar Association,

Delta Upsilon fraternity.

Republican.

Mason.

Club: Illinois Athletic Club, Edgewater Golf Club, Birchwood Country Club.

Recreations: golf, automobiling.

Office: 59 Clark Street (1905), Ashland Block (1911), Conway Building (1917).

Home: 857 Pratt Avenue, 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1911; 1615 Pratt Avenue, 1917, 1919; Rogers Park.

Chicago Blue Book

Raymond Walter Beach was listed in the 1891 Chicago Blue Book, page 757. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Walter Beach were listed in the 1893 Chicago Blue Book, page 778. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Walter Beach were listed in the 1894 Chicago Blue Book, page 772. This issue does not list the address of anyone living in Rogers Park.

Raymond Walter Beach, 818 Greenleaf Avenue, in the 1895 Chicago Blue Book, page 266. This was the first issue to provide addresses of Rogers Park residents.

Raymond Walter Beach, 4135 Bosworth Avenue, 1897 Chicago Blue Book, page 245.

Raymond Walter Beach, 4135 Bosworth Avenue, 1898 Chicago Blue Book, page 239.

Raymond Walter Beach, 857 Pratt Avenue, 1898 Chicago Blue Book, page 239.

Raymond Walter Beach, 4135 Bosworth Avenue, 1901 Chicago Blue Book, page 232.

Raymond Walter Beach, 857 Pratt Avenue, 1901 Chicago Blue Book, page 282.

Raymond Walter Beach, 857 Pratt Avenue, 1902 Chicago Blue Book, page 261.

Raymond Walter Beach, 857 Pratt Avenue, 1903 Chicago Blue Book, page 262.

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Walter Beach, 857 Pratt Avenue, 1904 Chicago Blue Book, page 263.

Book of Chicagoans

Book of Chicagoans, 1905, Book of Chicagoans, 1911, and Book of Chicagoans, 1917. Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 7.