George Beard

Brief Life History of George

When George Beard was born on 21 December 1855, in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Beard, was 41 and his mother, Ellen Elizabeth Clark, was 41. He married Sarah Lovenia Bullock on 31 March 1877, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Whaley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Coalville Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 3 October 1944, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Beard
1855–1944
Sarah Lovenia Bullock
1859–1932
Marriage: 31 March 1877
Lovenia Ethel Beard
1878–1954
George Howard Beard
1880–1928
Thomas Edgar Beard
1883–1960
John Arthur Beard
1886–1918
Gladys Betsey Beard
1888–1949
Edna Ellen Beard
1891–1982
Dorothy Glenn Beard
1894–1965
Paul Bullock Beard
1900–1961

Sources (41)

  • George Beard, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • George Beard, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • George Beard, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English:

nickname for a bearded man (from Middle English berd, Old English beard). To be clean-shaven was the norm in non-Jewish communities in northwestern Europe from the 12th to the 16th century, the crucial period for surname formation. There is a placename and other evidence to show that this word was used as a byname in the Old English period, when beards were the norm; in this period the byname would have referred to a large or noticeable beard. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, in particular German Barth 1.

habitational name from a place called Beard in Derbyshire (now represented by Beard Hall and Beardwood Farms in New Mills parish), which derives its name by dissimilation from Old English brerd ‘rim, bank’.

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

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Beard Home Stoneheads, Whaley Bridge, Chestershire, England

From Memories of George Beard written by himself: George Beard was born at "Stoneheads, near Whaley Bridge, which is a small hamlet in the rolling green hills on the west side of Whaley Bridge in the …

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