Stella Celestia Baker-Beck

9 March 1912–31 May 2005 (Age 93)
Roy, Weber, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Stella Celestia

When Stella Celestia Baker-Beck was born on 9 March 1912, in Roy, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Thomas Parley Baker, was 28 and her mother, Celestia Pearl Child, was 27. She married Alma Edward Beck Jr on 30 March 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 31 May 2005, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alma Edward Beck Jr
1914–1991
Stella Celestia Baker-Beck
1912–2005
Marriage: 30 March 1937
Robert Edward Beck Sr
1938–2021
Dr. Thomas McNeil Beck
1939–2022
Charles Wayne Beck
1941–2019

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 March 1937Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
    Age 1
    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
    1915 · Arrowrock Dam built
    Age 3
    In 1915, this dam was the tallest concrete dam of its kind in the world. From 1935-1937, it was repaired, raising the structure an additional 5 feet.
    1937 · The Neutrality Act
    Age 25
    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    From Latin stella ‘star’. This was not used as a given name before the 16th century, when Sir Philip Sidney seems to have been the first to use it (as a name deliberately far removed from the prosaic range of everyday names) in the sonnets addressed by Astrophel to his lady, Stella. Stella Maris ‘star of the sea’ was, however, established long before that as a byname of the Virgin Mary, and may have had some influence on the choice of the word as a name.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

    Sources (32)

    • Stella Celestia Baker, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • Stella Celestia Baker Beck in household of Alma Edward Beck, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Stella Celestia Baker, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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