Brief Life History of William Wesley
When William Wesley Bean was born on 25 October 1872, in Morgan, Alabama, United States, his father, John Frank Bean, was 23 and his mother, Charlsie Parollee Ellis, was 23. He married Minnie Rola Sartor on 23 October 1901, in Morgan, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Albany, Morgan, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 33, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 12 December 1952, in Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Valhalla Cemetery, Midfield, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Will Bean in entry for Alonzo Thurman Bean, "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930"
- William W Bean in household of John F Bean, "United States Census, 1880"
- W M Bean in entry for Howard Halmer Crockett and Thelma Crockett, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
Spouse and Children
1872–1952 Male
1879–1965 Female
Children (8)
1903–1918 Male
1905–1981 Male
1908–1982 Female
1910–1911 Male
1913–1987 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1849–1920 Male
1849–1912 Female
Siblings (8)
1872–1952 Male
1874–1946 Female
1876– Female
1878–1879 Male
1881–1947 Female
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1886
Age 14
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.
English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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