Frank Washington Beckstead

Brief Life History of Frank Washington

When Frank Washington Beckstead was born on 14 March 1868, in Morrisburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, Timothy Wm Henry Beckstead, was 45 and his mother, Emma Margaret Oliver, was 28. He married Mary Ellen Stata on 9 May 1895, in Morrisburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 14 March 1940, in Morrisburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Old St. James Anglican Cemetery, Morrisburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Frank Washington Beckstead
1868–1940
Mary Ellen Stata
1867–1958
Marriage: 9 May 1895
Timothy Frank Beckstead
1895–1988
Herbert Kemptfield Beckstead
1901–1992
Edna Emily Beckstead
1904–1962

Sources (12)

  • Frank Bedsted in household of T W H Bedsted, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Frank Washington Bedstead, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Frank Washington Beckstead, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (4)

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario

Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.

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

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