Joseph Delmar Beck

Male3 March 1878–March 1966

Brief Life History of Joseph Delmar

Joseph Delmar Beck was born on 3 March 1878, in Cullison, Pratt, Kansas, United States. He had at least 1 son with Catherine E. Roberts. He died in March 1966, in Pratt, Kansas, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Delmar Beck
1878–1966
Catherine E. Roberts
1885–1944
Delmar Celestial Beck
1915–1986

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Delmar Beck - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joseph Delmar Beck
  • Joseph Beck, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

Children (1)

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 3

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885

Age 7

Historical Boundaries: 1885: Pratt, Kansas, United States

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 23

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

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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