Frank Dewitt Behring Jr.

Brief Life History of Frank Dewitt

When Frank Dewitt Behring Jr. was born on 5 May 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Frank Dewitt Behring, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Hodge, was 36. He married Alice Dorothy McCollum on 1 February 1930, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 22 January 1982, in San Clemente, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Frank Dewitt Behring Jr.
1904–1982
Alice Dorothy McCollum
1910–2003
Marriage: 1 February 1930
Frank Dewitt Behring III
1932–1951

Sources (21)

  • Frank D Behring, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Frank D Behring, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Frank D Behring, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"

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World Events (8)

1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1925 · The Goodman Theatre

The Goodman Theatre was founded as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by his parents, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago. The first theater was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and its opening ceremony was performed on October 20. 

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Heinrich, Kurt.

German: patronymic from the personal name Behr .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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