Brief Life History of Theo James
When Theo James Bell was born on 26 September 1906, in Mink Creek, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, James Hyrum Bell, was 22 and his mother, Carrie Mabel Keller, was 20. He married Edith Beatrice Larsen on 20 October 1927, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Mink Creek, Franklin, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Mink Creek Election Precinct, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 22 September 1994, in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mink Creek Cemetery, Mink Creek, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Theo J Bell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thos James Bell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Theo James Bell, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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