Brief Life History of Jakob
When Jakob Beck was born on 22 April 1876, in Bitz, Balingen, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Elias Beck, was 37 and his mother, Anna Barbara Haux, was 27. He married Rosa Hauser on 15 March 1906, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 19 March 1936, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 59.
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- Jacob Beck, "United States Census, 1920"
- Jakob Beck, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Jacob Beck, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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