When Leo Jensen Beck was born on 1 July 1892, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Jens Jensen Nielsen Beck Bæk, was 45 and his mother, Oline Marie Hansen, was 40. He married Zelma May Westover on 18 February 1914, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Montebello Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 21 March 1988, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
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