Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Beckner was born on 15 June 1823, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob Beckner, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Rupe, was 28. He married Sarah Francis Hughes on 15 October 1846, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Williams Mill Magisterial District, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 3 April 1899, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States.
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- A Beckner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alford Beckner, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Alfred Beckner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Böckner (and, in North America, also an altered form of this), a habitational name for someone from any of the places named Böcken, from Middle Low German boke, böke ‘beech tree’.
Americanized form of German Bechner, a very rare variant of Becher 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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