Anna Marie Skeem

Brief Life History of Anna Marie

When Anna Marie Skeem was born on 17 June 1856, in Dalby, Nørre Tyrstrup, Vejle, Denmark, her father, Christen Pedersen Skeem, was 33 and her mother, Anna Magdalene Pedersen Skov, was 28. She married Paul Hansen Beck on 2 March 1884, in Dalby, Koldinghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1884 and lived in Clay Township, Clay, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Peterson, Clay, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died on 14 March 1948, in Royal, Clay, Iowa, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Paul Hansen Beck
1858–1929
Anna Marie Skeem
1856–1948
Marriage: 2 March 1884
Hans Christian Beck
1885–1973
Anna Marie Magdalene Beck
1887–1910
John Marius Beck
1889–1972
Julia Marie Beck
1891–1973
Anton Nathanial Beck
1895–1980
Christine Elizabeth Paulline Beck
1899–1968
Ethna Emilie Beck
1901–

Sources (30)

  • Marie Beck, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Marie Skeem Skeem, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Marie Beck in entry for Paul H Beck, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Skeete . In the US, this surname is common among Native Americans (Navajos) in NM and AR.

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

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