Brief Life History of Franz Albin
When Franz Albin Beck Jr was born on 26 December 1906, in United States, his father, Franz Albin Beck, was 38 and his mother, Ida Emilie Schwab, was 35. He lived in Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 16 November 1993, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 86.
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Sources (9)
- Alvin Beck, Jr in household of Alvin Beck, "United States Census, 1920"
- Franz Alvin Beck, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- Franz Alvin Beck, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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