Brief Life History of Johann Georg
When Johann Georg Beck was born on 26 December 1806, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, his father, Johann Georg Konrad Beck, was 31 and his mother, Margaretha Elisabetha Schuchmann, was 27. He married Katharina Margaretha Pfeifer on 4 June 1838, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Hesse, Germany in 1806. He died on 21 December 1857, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, at the age of 50.
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- Joh. Gg. Beck, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Johann Georg Beck, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Johann Georg Beck, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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