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Henry B Beaver

7 December 1829–11 December 1897 (Age 68)
Pennsylvania, United States

The Life 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 6 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Fredericksburg, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States in 1880. 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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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–

Oliver James Beaver

1857–1930

Mary Elmira Beaver

1859–1913

Celia Rose Beaver

1861–

Alma Esther Beaver

1870–1930

Emma Dell Beaver

1872–1920

Willie Beaver

1873–1874

Spouse and Children

Henry B Beaver

Male1829–1897Male

Almira Swanger

Female1835–1895Female

MARRIAGE
16 March 1854
Columbus, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States

children

(9)

Caroline Beaver

Female1855–1885Female

Oliver James Beaver

Male1857–1930Male

Morgan L Beaver

Male1858–1870Male

Mary Elmira Beaver

Female1859–1913Female

Celia Rose Beaver

Female1861–Female

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Parents and Siblings

Christian Joshua Beaver

Male1798–1872Male

Catherine Havice

Female1808–1880Female

siblings

(8)

Male1824–1894Male

Male1829–1897Male

Male1832–1907Male

Male1833–1894Male

Male1837–1917Male

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 1

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

Age 17

Iowa is the 29th state.

1863

Age 34

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Beaver

Henry

1 English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. All of these are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view.2 English: nickname from Middle English bevere, 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.3 Probably a translation of cognates of 2 in other languages, in particular Dutch Bever and German Bieber .

Possible Related Names

Beaverson

Bever

Bieber

Bevan

Baver

Beever

Beevers

Belvedere

Biever

Sources (3)

Henry Beaver, "United States Census, 1860"
Henry Beaver, "United States Census, 1870"
Henry Beever, "United States Census, 1880"

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