Beavers Family History & Genealogy

Film and television actress Louise Beavers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was part of an act called “Lady Minstrels” before moving to Los Angeles to begin her film career in the silent films, “Gold Diggers” (1923) and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1927). Beavers appeared in more than 100 films between 1929 and 1960, playing the role most available to the few African American actresses able to work steadily in Hollywood: maid to the white female star. However, in the 1934 adaptation of “Imitation of Life” in 1934, Beavers and Claudette Colbert both played characters dealing with “the demands of single parenthood and careers.” Like her cousin, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company co-founder, George Beavers, Jr., Louise Beavers was a prominent and active member of the African American community in Los Angeles. She was involved in community functions, from the People’s Independent Church, where she helped develop the theater program of the Young People’s Lyceum, to the 1939 public ceremonies celebrating the development of the all-black resort, Val Verde County Park. In the 1940s, as a resident of the affluent enclave in the West Adams district of Los Angeles known as “Sugar Hill,” Louise Beavers also played a role in history. Beavers’s neighbors included actors Hattie McDaniel, Ethel Waters, Joel Fluellen and Frances Williams; businessmen Norman O. Houston and Horace Clark; musicians Ben Carter, Pearl Bailey and Juan Tizon. When an association of white homeowners brought suit against black property owners in the area, claiming they were in violation of the city’s racially restrictive covenant system, and demanding that the city enforce the covenants, attorney Loren Miller led the class action suit against the whites. The California Superior Court issued a judgment on December 6, 1945 stating that the black plaintiffs were accorded full rights guaranteed under the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This helped pave the way for Shelley v. Kramer, the 1948 Supreme Court decision that legally blocked enforcement of racial housing covenants. Louise Beavers’s career culminated in the television roles “Beulah” (1952 –1953) and as the housekeeper on “The Danny Thomas Show” (1953-1954). In 1976, she was inducted posthumously into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

Joann Beavers of St. Petersburg, Florida United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joann beavers.

Carrie Lou (Beavers) Lasseter was born on December 7, 1903 in Cabot, Arkansas United States, and died at age 85 years old on June 18, 1989 in Santa Rosa, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carrie Lou (Beavers) Lasseter.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bradley G Beavers.

Renson Reeves Beavers was born in 1836, and died at age 60 years old in 1896. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Renson Reeves Beavers.

Henry Cleveland Beavers was born on July 6, 1886 to Renson Reeves Beavers and Mary Ann Varner. He was in a relationship with Ada Lenore Cole, and had a child Billy Joe Beavers. Henry Beavers died at age 78 years old on January 24, 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Cleveland Beavers.

Billy Joe Beavers was born on December 11, 1928 at at home in James, Upshur County, Texas United States, and died at age 57 years old on March 16, 1986 at Memorial Northwest Hospital in Houston, Harris County. Billy Beavers was buried in March 1986 at Woodlawn Funeral Home & Cemetery 1101 Antoine Dr, in Houston.

Marie Etta Garner Beavers of Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina was born on July 1, 1947, and died at age 63 years old on June 4, 2011.

Melvin J Beavers of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on July 27, 1917, and died at age 62 years old in July 1979.

Burl J Beavers of Liberty Center, Henry County, Ohio was born on July 8, 1917, and died at age 57 years old in September 1974.

Bishop O Beavers of Greenville, Washington County, MS was born on March 22, 1921, and died at age 82 years old on August 28, 2003.

Hubert O Beavers of Vanceboro, Craven County, NC was born on August 22, 1920, and died at age 70 years old on June 12, 1991. Hubert Beavers was buried at New Bern National Cemetery Section 20 Site 7 1711 National Avenue, in New Bern.

Hubert W Beavers of Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL was born on October 7, 1917, and died at age 92 years old on January 14, 2010.

Randolph J Beavers of Dallas County, TX was born on May 8, 1947, and died at age 65 years old on February 7, 2013. Randolph Beavers was buried at Dallas - Ft. Worth National Cemetery Section 92 Site 305 2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, in Dallas.

Forest E Beavers of Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana was born on September 7, 1912, and died at age 66 years old in September 1978.

Billy M Beavers of Perryville, Perry County, AR was born on August 2, 1927, and died at age 81 years old on August 18, 2008.

Willie L Beavers of Austin, Travis County, TX was born on September 2, 1926, and died at age 65 years old on July 6, 1992.

Arthur E Beavers of Toledo, Lucas County, OH was born on December 4, 1915, and died at age 78 years old on June 26, 1994.

Arthur Beavers of Tishomingo, Johnston County, Oklahoma was born on July 29, 1908, and died at age 75 years old in May 1984.

Newton C Beavers of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL was born on November 17, 1913, and died at age 58 years old on July 1, 1972.