George Rueford Beach

Male30 March 1905–18 August 1960

Brief Life History of George Rueford

When George Rueford Beach was born on 30 March 1905, in Glencoe, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Charles Amos Beach, was 39 and his mother, Mary Martha "Mattie" Van Cleave, was 32. He lived in Montrose, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 13 South Olathe, Montrose, Colorado, United States in 1930. He died on 18 August 1960, in Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Porterville, Tulare, California, United States.

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George Rueford Beach
1905–1960
Sarah Ann Pierce
1892–1969

Sources (6)

  • Ruford G Beach in household of Charles A Beach, "United States Census, 1930"
  • George Rueford Beach, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • George Rueford Beach, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 1

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 1

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1920

Age 15

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.

Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.

Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.

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

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