George Vivin Foreman

Brief Life History of George Vivin

When George Vivin Foreman was born on 21 March 1882, in Bell, Texas, United States, his father, Hugh Henry Foreman, was 32 and his mother, Martha Ann Archer, was 25. He married Christine Bethesada Benthall on 5 November 1905, in Beaver, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Texas, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Guymon Township, Texas, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. In 1920, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as laborer in Santa Barbara, California, United States. He died on 28 February 1959, in Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Vivin Foreman
1882–1959
Christine Bethesada Benthall
1887–1973
Marriage: 5 November 1905
Hugh Carroll Foreman
1907–1985
Irene Foreman
1909–
Genevieve Foreman
1911–2010
Opal Foreman
1914–
George Burchard Foreman
1921–1998
Wanda Christine Foreman
1924–2003

Sources (50)

  • George V Foreman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • George V Foreman, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • George Vivin Foreman, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Forman 1 and 2.

Altered form of North German Formann, a variant of Fuhrmann or Fohrman .

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

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