Wesley Julius Beck

Brief Life History of Wesley Julius

When Wesley Julius Beck was born on 28 December 1889, in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Julius Conrad Beck, was 29 and his mother, Rhoda Frances Vance, was 26. He married Nora Edith Presnell on 25 November 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 17 May 1966, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wesley Julius Beck
1889–1966
Sarah Delila Atwood
1893–1982
Marriage: 26 September 1917
Reed Atwood Beck
1920–1997
Maurine Sarah Beck
1922–2005
Merrill Wesley Beck
1922–2011
Ardena Beck
1931–2007
Douglas Julius Beck
1931–2017
Kenneth Laverl Beck
1933–1933

Sources (57)

  • Wesley J Beck, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Wesley J. Beck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Wesley Julius Beck, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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1893

New Zealand becomes world's first country to give women the vote.

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

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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Autobiography of Wesley Julius Beck

I am a native of Alpine, Utah. My parents Julius Conrad Beck and my mother Rhoda Francis Vance owned land in Alpine and made their home there. I was born December 28, 1889 in Alpine, Utah. Henry …

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