Keith Sheldon Bell

Brief Life History of Keith Sheldon

When Keith Sheldon Bell was born on 22 May 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Axton Bell, was 32 and his mother, Audrey Myrtle Brewster, was 31. He lived in United States in 1949 and Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 4 February 2003, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Keith Sheldon Bell
1935–2003
Mary Jane Herron
1937–

Sources (18)

  • Keith S Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Keith Sheldon Bell, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Keith S Bell, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public

Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of Welfare Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects. Many of the items sold are second hand or never used. Such items include furniture, appliances, computers, and clothing. The DI also sells new furniture, much of it received directly from its own manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. The DI provides job skill training for the physically, emotionally and socially challenged and seeks to place them into private sector employment.

1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

Name Meaning

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .

English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).

English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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