Brief Life History of Faire Irene
When Faire Irene Voorhees was born on 3 June 1899, in Ellisville, Fulton, Illinois, United States, her father, Frederick "Fred" David Voorhees, was 31 and her mother, Hattie Eliza Knickerbocker, was 28. She married Elmer Leroy Bevard on 15 June 1922, in Lee, Iowa, United States. She lived in London Mills, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Young Hickory Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 January 2001, in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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- Faire Bevard in household of Elmer Bevard, "United States Census, 1930"
- Farre Voorhees, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Faire Vorhees Bevard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Dutch: habitational name from a farm called Voorhees, located in the hamlet of Hees near Ruinen, in the province of Drenthe. This surname is not found in the Netherlands. Compare Van Voorhees , Voorheis , Voorhies , Voorhis , Vorhees , and Voris .
History: Steven Coertse van Voorhees emigrated with his wife and children from the farm of Voorhees in the Netherlands and settled at New Amersfoort (now Flatlands) on Long Island, New Netherland (now NY), in 1660. Today the family Voorhees with its numerous branches is one of the largest, if not the largest, Dutch family in North America. The name is also established in the forms Van Voorhees, Voorheis, (Van) Voorhies, (Van) Voorhis, Vorhees, Voorheese, Vooris, Voorus, Voreis, Voress, Vorheis, Vorhes, (Van) Vorhies, (Van) Vorhis, Vories, (Van) Voris, (Van) Vorous, Vorus, Vorys, etc.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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