Brief Life History of Heber William
When Heber William Beckstrand was born on 18 March 1873, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Elias August Beckstrand, was 40 and his mother, Henrietta Cecelia Nilsdotter, was 21. He married Mary Elizabeth Stewart on 18 August 1899, in Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 13 June 1955, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Heber W Beckstrand, "United States 1950 Census"
- Heber W Beckstrand, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Heber W Beckstrand, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1881
Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration.
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
Swedish: variant, mostly Americanized, of Bäckstrand, an ornamental name composed of the elements bäck ‘stream’ + strand ‘shore’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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