When Frank Edward Belcher was born on 29 October 1945, in Osseo, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, his father, Lavern Russell Belcher, was 24 and his mother, Vivian Mae Fowler, was 27. He lived in Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan, United States in 1950 and Michigan, United States in 1968. He registered for military service in 1968. He died on 7 June 1968, in Vietnam, at the age of 22, and was buried in Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.
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1920–1994 Male
1918–2004 Female
1942–2003 Male
1945–1968 Male
English (of Norman origin):
from Old French bel ch(i)ere or beu ch(i)ere (Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + ch(i)ere ‘face, countenance’), which had various senses, including ‘fair face or looks, fine manners, good company, good cheer, food and drink, hospitality’. Although ch(i)ere originally meant ‘face’, the word later came to mean also ‘demeanor, disposition’ (hence English cheer), and the nickname may thus also have denoted a person of pleasant, cheerful disposition.
from Old French bel, beu + sire ‘fair sir’, a term of address. From at least the 15th century this name was probably confused with the name above, owing to the pronunciation of Middle English beu sire and bel sire as ‘bewcher’ and ‘belsher’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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