Van Lulu Offins^[1]

1863 - 1910  (46 years)

• Name	Van Lulu Offins
  Birth	16 Aug 1863	Wabash, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 May 1910	Beach, Golden Valley, North Dakota
  Person ID	I287130	Shelton
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2002

  
  

  Marriage	7 Feb 1878	Kosciusko, IN   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Norris,   b. 31 Jan 1880, Millwood, IN d. 25 Aug 1955, S.E. Nappanee, IN (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F174495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2002

  
  

  Family 2	John Washington Beach,   b. 25 Apr 1864, Dunlap, Elkhart, Indiana d. 15 Jun 1924, , , Montana (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1897	Nappanee, Indiana   [2]
  Children	1. Reeva Ellen Beach,   b. 12 Oct 1898, Nappanee, Kosciusko, Indiana d. 9 Jun 1980, Miles City, Montana (Age 81 years) 2. Samuel Pomroy Beach,   b. 26 Apr 1901, Cassville, MO d. 13 Mar 1944, Miles City, Custer, MT (Age 42 years) 3. Barbara Melinda Beach 4. Hazel Marie Beach,   b. 21 May 1906, Nappanee, IN d. 24 May 1994, Lander, Wyoming (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F174493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2002

  
  

• Notes

  Van Lulu was Dutch Amish. John was her second husband. She is buried in Stoney Point Cemetery. With her first husband, Stephen, she had 8 children. She was 15 years old when she married him. He was her teacher. Van Lulu returned to the Offins home in Indiana following the death of her husband with her 6 children and in December 1897 married John Beach, who was divorced from Ida Mae Fields. VanLulu and John followed her parents and sisters to Beach, ND to homestead. They left Indiana by trin with all their belongings. After arriving in ND in early spring, Van Lulu, who was pregnant again caught measles and died with her 13th child. John took her body back to Indiana to be buried. Daughter Hazel stayed in Indiana with her half sisters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7942] ftw21-136. [S7954] Marriage License.