Brief Life History of Lorenzo T.
When Lorenzo T. Beach was born on 2 July 1850, in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Horatio Nelson Beach, was 24 and his mother, Harriet Mather Prindle, was 22. He married Kittie Sophia Smith about 1876, in Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Sweden, Monroe, New York, United States in 1875. He died on 21 December 1897, in Brockport, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Brockport, Monroe, New York, United States.
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- Lorenzo T Beach, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Lorenzo T. Beach, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Lorenzo T Beach, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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World Events (6)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station
In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.
Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.
Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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