Robert Lewis Beesley

Brief Life History of Robert Lewis

When Robert Lewis Beesley was born on 13 March 1918, in Sunset, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Heber Beesley Jr., was 26 and his mother, Eliza Jane Hadlock, was 24. He married Eunice Dorothy Smith on 13 May 1941, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1940 and lived in United States in 1949 and Washington Terrace, Weber, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 12 April 1992, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Washington Heights Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lewis Beesley
1918–1992
Eunice Dorothy Smith
1918–1994
Marriage: 13 May 1941
Loy Robert Beesley
1946–2017
Lynnette Dorothy Beesley
1948–2015
Dale Heber Beesley
1954–2020

Sources (28)

  • Lewis R Beesley in household of Robert H Beesley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Lewis, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Robert Lewis Beesley, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Beasley .

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

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