Henry B Beaver

Brief Life History of Henry B

When Henry B Beaver was born on 7 December 1829, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Christian Joshua Beaver, was 31 and his mother, Catherine Havice, was 21. He married Almira Swanger on 16 March 1854, in Columbus, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Fredericksburg, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 11 December 1897, in Bordulac, Foster, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Bordulac, Foster, North Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry B Beaver
1829–1897
Almira Swanger
1835–1895
Marriage: 16 March 1854
Caroline Beaver
1855–1885
Morgan L Beaver
1858–1870
Myrtle May Beaver
1875–1902
Oliver James Beaver
1857–1930
Mary Elmira Beaver
1859–1913
Celia Rose Beaver
1861–
Emma Dell Beaver
1872–1920
Willie Beaver
1873–1874

Sources (19)

  • Henery Beaver, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • Henry Bever, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
  • Henry Beaver, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Columbia, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Columbia, Wisconsin, United States

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Chickasaw, Iowa, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Belvoir in Leicestershire, pronounced beever (/bi:və/), so named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view. This name may also be derived from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, all of which have the same etymology as above.

English: nickname from Middle English bever, bevre (Old English beofor) ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. The existence of patronymic forms such as Beaverson suggest that this may also have been a personal name.

Native American (Creek): from a translation into English of the Muscogee Creek clan name Echaswvlke (‘Beaver clan’), derived from a word meaning ‘beaver’.

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

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