Brief Life History of Lawrence Nelson
When Lawrence Nelson DeBeau was born on 6 June 1919, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Alfred Barker DeBeau, was 27 and his mother, Amelia May Breadner, was 21. He had at least 1 daughter with Cecilia Hutchinson Smith. He lived in Welland, Welland, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He died on 27 September 2007, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 88, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
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- LAWRENCE NELSON DEBEAU, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lawrence Nelson Debeau in entry for Harold Edward Place and Audrey Anne Debeau, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Lawrence De Beau in entry for James Adam De Beau, "New York Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
1955 · General Motors Auto Workers Strike
From 1955-1956, around 17,000 workers for General Motors went on strike. They wanted a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half paid by General Motors. The strike lasted 148 days.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Normand, Andre, Pierre, Fernand, Gaston, Solange, Adelard, Baptiste, Cecile, Chantel, Donat.
French: nickname from le beau ‘the handsome’, a variant of Beau 1, with fused masculine definite article le. It is also found in England, as a surname of Huguenot origin. See also Lebel .
Altered form, with fused masculine definite article le, of French Bau . Compare Labeau , Labo , Lebo , and Lebow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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