Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Beeman was born about 1843, in Jackson Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Havilah Beeman, was 46 and her mother, Lorenda, was 39.
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle English bee-man ‘bee-keeper’ (Old English bēo + mann).
English (Kent): variant of Beaumont .
Americanized form of German Biemann or of its Dutch cognate Bieman.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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