Brief Life History of Harrison
When Harrison Beal was born on 1 February 1846, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Beal, was 45 and his mother, Parmelia French, was 40. He married Ann Lemon on 18 May 1869. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Buckeye Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Hardin, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 18 February 1895, in Buckeye, Hardin, Iowa, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Eldora, Hardin, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Harrison Beal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harrison Beal, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Harrison Beal, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1846–1895 Male
1848–1942 Female
Children (6)
1869– Female
1871– Female
1877– Male
1882–1935 Male
1884–1966 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1800–1862 Male
1805–1880 Female
Siblings (13)
1821–1851 Female
1823–1851 Female
1823–1913 Female
1824–1879 Male
1825–1912 Female
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 5
1851
Age 5
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Beale , from Old French bel(e) ‘fair, lovely’ (see Beau ), either a nickname for a handsome man or a metronymic from this word used as a female personal name.
English (northern): habitational name from any of the places so named in Northumberland and Yorkshire. The former of these (Behil in early records) is named with Old English bēo ‘bee’ + hyll ‘hill’; the latter (Begale in Domesday Book) with Old English bēag ‘ring’, here probably used in the sense ‘river bend’, or an unattested personal name Bēaga derived from this word + halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Beagle 2). An additional source may be Beald, a farm in Cambridgeshire, recorded as Bele super Dedhil, c. 1195. In Lincolnshire, the surname is perhaps from a word or name for a farm derived from Scandinavian bøli ‘farm’.
French (Béal): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill race, from the Lyonnaise dialect term béal, bezale, bedale (of Gaulish origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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