Beatrice Nina Heap

Brief Life History of Beatrice Nina

When Beatrice Nina Heap was born on 15 August 1893, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, her father, William Henry Heap, was 21 and her mother, Mary Ellen Dewitt, was 16. She married Eilert Gerhard Hackfeld on 23 December 1912, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in San Bernardino Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 30 years. She died on 19 May 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eilert Gerhard Hackfeld
1885–1932
Beatrice Nina Heap
1893–1967
Marriage: 23 December 1912
James William Hackfield
1913–1993
William Henry Hackfield
1915–1989

Sources (21)

  • Beatrice N O'Brien, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Beatrice Heap, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Beatrice N. O'Brien, „Find a Grave Index“

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): usually a habitational name from Heap, a lost place in Bury (Lancashire), but sometimes also a topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill or rock pile, from Middle English hep, heip(e) ‘heap, pile’ (Old English hēap).

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

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