Clarence Charles Beach

Brief Life History of Clarence Charles

When Clarence Charles Beach was born on 19 July 1896, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, William Henry Beach, was 32 and his mother, Julia Etta McNutt, was 33. He married Ruth Margaret Sweeney on 29 May 1926. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years and Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 23 April 1980, at the age of 83, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clarence Charles Beach
1896–1980
Ruth Margaret Sweeney
1904–2001
Marriage: 29 May 1926
Gordon Leslie Beach
1927–1989
Charlene E Beach
1931–
Laura Alice Beach
1935–
Franklin Carl Beach
1940–

Sources (35)

  • Clarence C Beach, "United States, Census, 1930"
  • Clarence Beach, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1953"
  • Clarence C Beach, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.

Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.

Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.

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

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