Brief Life History of Palmyra
When Palmyra Bean was born on 15 August 1915, in Palmyra, Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States, her father, Willard Washington Bean, was 47 and her mother, Rebecca Rosetta Peterson, was 24. She married Thane J. Packer on 17 September 1937, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940 and San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1950. She died on 9 June 2008, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Palmyra B Packer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Palmyra Bean, "New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942"
- Palmyra Bean, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
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.
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.
English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Memorial Info From Findagrave
Palmyra Bean Packer passed away at her home on Monday, June 9, 2008. She resided at 1737 North Sego Lane (450 East) in Provo, Utah at the time of her death. She was born August 15, 1915 in Palmyra, N …
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