Brief Life History of Gertrude
When Gertrude Beaver was born on 26 September 1887, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob A Beaver, was 40 and her mother, Lydia Frances Pyle, was 35. She married Albertiss Raymond Wiester on 28 February 1911, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Franklin, Murrysville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Salem Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 1 February 1964, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in New Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Gertrude M Wiester, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gertrude E M Beaver, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Gertrude M. Wiester, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Belvoir in Leicestershire, pronounced beever (/bi:və/), so named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view. This name may also be derived from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, all of which have the same etymology as above.
English: nickname from Middle English bever, bevre (Old English beofor) ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. The existence of patronymic forms such as Beaverson suggest that this may also have been a personal name.
Native American (Creek): from a translation into English of the Muscogee Creek clan name Echaswvlke (‘Beaver clan’), derived from a word meaning ‘beaver’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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