Franklin Samuel Beck

Brief Life History of Franklin Samuel

When Franklin Samuel Beck was born on 28 November 1875, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Anders Hermansen Beck, was 52 and his mother, Sophia Kirstine Pedersdatter, was 36. He married Elizabeth Susan Bunn on 11 July 1907. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lanark, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 25 February 1942, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Samuel Beck
1875–1942
Elizabeth Susan Bunn
1886–1914
Marriage: 11 July 1907
Leora Beck
1908–1909
Ivan Homer Beck
1910–1978
Hortense "Sally" Beck
1912–2001
Russell Franklin Beck
1914–1972

Sources (39)

  • Franklin Samuel Beck, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Franklin Samuel Beck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Franklin Samuel Beck, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

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.

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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