Brief Life History of Georg Philipp
When Georg Philipp Beck was born on 27 June 1823, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, his father, Henrich Beck, was 39 and his mother, Maria Catharina Margaretha Michael, was 40. He married Christina Barbara Matthes on 28 June 1847, in Crawford, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 April 1868, in Richland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States.
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- Georg Philipp Beck im Eintrag für Elisabetha Katharina Beck, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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