Brief Life History of Elias Hyrum
When Elias Hyrum Beckstrand was born on 11 May 1870, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Elias August Beckstrand, was 37 and his mother, Henrietta Cecelia Nilsdotter, was 19. He married Agnes Josephine Dahlquist about 1890, in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Black Rock, Millard, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 14 February 1956, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Elias Beckstead, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elias Hyrum Beckstrand, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Elias H. Beckstrand, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1874
Historical Boundaries: 1874: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Swedish: variant, mostly Americanized, of Bäckstrand, an ornamental name composed of the elements bäck ‘stream’ + strand ‘shore’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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