Brief Life History of Marcella Alice
When Marcella Alice Beckwith was born on 7 March 1923, in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, United States, her father, William Leroy Beckwith, was 21 and her mother, Lillian Theresa Fisher, was 19. She married Alvin Walter Lambert on 17 November 1944, in Obion, Tennessee, United States. She lived in DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1935 and St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died in November 1993, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Marcella Beckwith in household of William Beckwith, "United States Census, 1940"
- Marcella Alice Beckwith, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Marcella Beckwith in entry for James David Davis and Flossie Marie Gurley, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
Spouse and Children
1925– Male
1923–1993 Female
Parents and Siblings
1901–1973 Male
1903–1942 Female
Siblings (7)
1920–2000 Female
1923–1993 Female
1925–1930 Male
1927–2012 Male
1931–2018 Female
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World Events (8)
1927
Age 4
1929
Age 6
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Yorkshire named Beckwith, from Old English bēce ‘beech’ + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’ (replacing the cognate Old English wudu).
History: Most if not all present-day bearers of the surname are probably descended from William Beckwith who held the manor of Beckwith in 1364.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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