Brief Life History of Bertha Luella
When Bertha Luella Hewitt was born on 18 December 1901, in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, George H Hewitt, was 42 and her mother, Cora Mabel Fairfield, was 26. She married Frederick Nathan Beebe in 1919, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 29 September 1991, in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Bertha Beebe, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bertha Hewitt Beebe, "Find A Grave Index"
- Bertha Beebe in entry for Morris Maynard Beebe, "Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1926 · Sergeant Stubby Dies
During WWI there was a dog from Connecticut that made a name for himself, his name was sergeant stubby. He was considered the official mascot of the 102nd infantry. He saved his regiment from suprise mustard attacks, comforted those that had been wounded, and even caught a German soldier and held him there until troops found him. He had his own uniform and everything.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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