| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Beilstein-Young Company |
| Title: | Beilstein-Young Company Records |
| Dates: | 1907-1930 |
| Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Beilstein-Young Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was a funeral home firm. Fred Beilstein operated as an undertaker at 3311 Prospect Avenue as early as 1907, and in 1913 the Beilstein-Young Company was incorporated. The funeral home was located at 7508 Carnegie Avenue from 1918-1921. The firm moved to 1795 Crawford Road in 1921. Fred Beilstein died in 1926, and his partner William W. Young became president and treasurer, with W. E. Beilstein as vice president. The collection consists of bound funeral registers. The registers list details about the deceased including name, date of birth, occupation, marital status, religion, place and cause of death, certifying physician, and name and birthplace of parents. The details of the funeral service include location, resider, place of burial, style of casket, and a diagram of the cemetery lot. The name and address of the party paying for the funeral is also listed, with an itemized list of services and expenses, and payment schedule. An introduction to each register describes the duties and ethics of the funeral director. |
| MS Number | MS 4557 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Beilstein-Young Company, Funeral Directors, of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1849. Fred Beilstein operated as an undertaker at 3311 Prospect as early as 1907, and in 1913 the Beilstein-Young Company was incorporated. The funeral home was located at 7508 Carnegie from 1918 to 1921. The firm moved to 1795 Crawford Road in 1921. Fred Beilstein, the firm's president, died in 1926, when his partner William W. Young became president and treasurer, with W. E. Beilstein as vice president.
The Beilstein-Young Company Records, 1907-1930, consist of funeral registers in bound volumes.
This collection is useful for the student of genealogy, ethnic groups, or social history in Cleveland, Ohio. The registers list details about the deceased including name, date of birth, occupation, marital status, religion, place and cause of death, certifying physician, and name and birthplace of parents. The details of the funeral service include location, presider, place of burial, style of casket, and a diagram of the cemetery lot. The name and address of the party paying for the funeral are listed, with an itemized list of services and expenses, and payment schedule, so the register functions as a ledger. An introduction to each register describes the duties and ethics of the funeral director.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4557 Beilstein-Young Company Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Don Fredgant, 1987
Processed by Ann B. Ameling in 1991.
Beilstein-Young Company Records 1907-1930 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-8 | Funeral register books 1907-1922 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 9-11 | Funeral register books 1922-1927 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 12-13 | Funeral register books 1927-1930 | |||||||||