Johann Adam Beck

Brief Life History of Johann Adam

When Johann Adam Beck was born on 26 September 1816, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, his father, Johann Georg Konrad Beck, was 41 and his mother, Margaretha Elisabetha Schuchmann, was 37. He married Anna Elisabetha Schaller on 22 November 1849, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Johann Adam Beck
1816–
Anna Elisabetha Schaller
1823–
Marriage: 22 November 1849
Adam Beck
1841–
Adam J. Beck
1848–1915
George J. Beck
1849–1902
Elisabetha Beck
1853–
Henry Beck
1854–
Peter Beck
1856–1905
William Beck
1865–

Sources (15)

  • Adam Beck, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Adam Beck, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Johann Adam Beck, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.

English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.

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

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