Dora Ellen Heed

Brief Life History of Dora Ellen

When Dora Ellen Heed was born on 8 December 1881, in Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States, her father, Albert Heed, was 59 and her mother, Julia Madora "Dora" Pierson, was 20. She married William Milton Bevans on 5 July 1902, in Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States for about 20 years and Turlock Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1940. She died on 1 June 1969, in Napa, Napa, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Turlock Memorial Park, Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Milton Bevans
1877–1940
Dora Ellen Heed
1881–1969
Marriage: 5 July 1902
Frances Myrtle Bevans
1903–1977
Ruth Gladys Bevans
1905–1988
Boies Milton Bevans
1912–2005
William Milton Bevans Jr
1916–2020

Sources (19)

  • Dora Bevans, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dora E Heed, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Dora Bevans, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1892

Historical Boundaries: 1892: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English: (i) see Head . This form preserves the original Middle English long vowel. (ii) possibly, in principle, a nickname from Middle English hed ‘care; anxiety’.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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