Archibald Bevan

Brief Life History of Archibald

When Archibald Bevan was born on 8 September 1868, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, James Bevan, was 46 and his mother, Mary Cunningham Shields, was 40. He married Ane Christine Nielsdatter Lundsteen on 4 September 1892, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States in 1893 and Utah, United States for about 21 years. He died on 18 April 1952, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archibald Bevan
1868–1952
Ane Christine Nielsdatter Lundsteen
1870–1948
Marriage: 4 September 1892
Thelma Christine Bevan
1912–2001
Archie Dean Bevan
1915–1995

Sources (57)

  • Archibald Bevan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Archibald Bevan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Archibald Bevan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Iefan ‘son of Evan’, with fused patronymic marker (a)p. Compare Evan and Evans .

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

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Inscription on Archibald Bevan's headstone (Utah, USA)

TOOELE CIVIC, CHURCH LEADER, ARCHIBALD BEVAN, 83, DIES Tooele - Archibald Bevan, 83 former Tooele Mayor and State Legislator, civic and religious leader died Friday at 11:30 p.m. at his residences of …

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