Brief Life History of Erastus Abner
When Erastus Abner Beckstead was born on 10 March 1838, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, Jacob J L I Beckstead, was 32 and his mother, Polly E Shaver, was 27. He married Mary Ann Tyrrell about 1863, in Williamsburg, Williamsburgh Township, Dundas, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1895 and lived in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 25 May 1918, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Aultsville, Osnabruck Township, Stormont, Canada West, British North America.
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- Erastus Beadstead, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Erastus Beckstead, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Erastus Beckstead, "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1869
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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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