Brief Life History of Richard John Moxey
When Richard John Moxey Bee was born on 6 February 1835, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Bee, was 34 and his mother, Janet Aitcheson, was 36. He married Mary Mathieson on 4 November 1856, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Bloomington, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States for about 12 years. His occupation is listed as school teacher in Utah, United States. He died on 18 July 1912, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- George Bee in household of George Bee, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Richard John Moxey Bee, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English be(e) ‘bee’ (Old English bēo), hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.
Americanized form of Norwegian Bye .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Excerpt from autobiography of Richard J M Bee, re: why Susannah is sealed to Richard.
Let me here vary from the general routine of my labors at that time, and go back while I was living at Kanesville. While I was in Kanesville I formed the acquaintance of Bishop Alarm Palmer’s daughter …
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