Leon Anders Beck

Brief Life History of Leon Anders

When Leon Anders Beck was born on 20 October 1895, in Lanark, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Joseph Peter Beck, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Emily Annie Rogers, was 19. He married Jennie Louise Porter on 14 December 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Ovid, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States for about 15 years. He died on 1 April 1974, in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lanark, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leon Anders Beck
1895–1974
Jennie Louise Porter
1898–1937
Marriage: 14 December 1916
Leon Junior Beck
1917–2009
Phyllis Beck
1919–1919
Veriel C Beck
1920–2005
Sherril Beck
1924–1944
Noreen Beck
1926–2015
Maxine Beck
1928–2012
Dale Peter Beck
1930–2001

Sources (55)

  • Leon A Beck, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Leon Anders Beck - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Leon Anders Beck
  • Leon A Beck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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Lanark Cemetery

Memories of Lanark Cemetery Claudia Beck Ruff June 6, 2020 I have been reminiscing a lot these past few months. I celebrated my 75th birthday. The world is in a pandemic and our country is being torn …

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