Sidney Jack Beasley

Brief Life History of Sidney Jack

When Sidney Jack Beasley was born on 10 October 1886, in Hugo, Lincoln, Colorado, United States, his father, Gibson Beasley, was 38 and his mother, Martha "Mattie" M. Smith, was 29. He married Artelia May Coffin on 2 November 1913, in Victor, Teller, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Florissant, Teller, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Ridgway, Ouray, Colorado, United States for about 20 years. He died on 9 July 1971, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fourmile Cemetery, Florissant, Teller, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sidney Jack Beasley
1886–1971
Artelia May Coffin
1888–1974
Marriage: 2 November 1913
Edna Rose Beasley
1914–2003
Eugenia May Beasley
1917–2020

Sources (13)

  • Sidney J Beasley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Sidney J Beasley, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • Sidney Jack Beasley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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.

1890

Historical Boundaries: 1890: Ouray, Colorado, United States

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Bisley, a habitational name from any of the places called Bisley in Gloucestershire and Surrey (the former named with the Old English personal name Bisa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, the later named with either a personal name or Old English bysce ‘copse, bushes’ + lēah), or Bisseley (a lost place in Coventry, Warwickshire).

habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley, probably named with Old English bēos ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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