Brief Life History of Reid
When Reid Beck was born on 16 May 1887, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Simon Thomsen Beck, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Ann Crawforth, was 27. He married Annie Passey on 1 June 1908, in Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 21 December 1943, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Reid Beck, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Reid Beck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Reid Beck, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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