Brief Life History of Leslie Wilford James
When Leslie Wilford James Beer was born on 21 February 1919, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Beer, was 51 and his mother, Leah Williams, was 51. He married June Fairclough on 20 October 1945. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1940 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1993. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 9 April 1986, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Leslie W Beer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leslie Wilford James Beer, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
- Leslie W Beer, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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World Events (8)
1922
Communist Party of South Africa established (after 1953, the South African Communist Party).
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1939
South Africa supports Allies in World War II.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erhard, Hans, Heinz, Aloys, Bodo, Erna, Ernst, Frieda, Friedhelm, Hanni.
English (West Country): habitational name from any of the forty or so places in southwestern England called Beer(e) or Bear(e). Most of these derive their names from the West Saxon dative case, beara, of Old English bearu ‘grove, wood’ (the standard Old English dative bearwe being preserved in Barrow ). In some cases the surname may be topographic in origin, from atte beare ‘at the grove’. Some may be from Middle English bere ‘woodland swine-pasture’ (Old English bǣr). Compare Bear 1.
English: variant of Bear 2 ‘bear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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