Brief Life History of Simon Wesley
When Simon Wesley Beck was born on 15 December 1880, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Simon Thomsen Beck, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Ann Crawforth, was 21. He married Josephine Madsen on 14 April 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rupert Election Precinct 3, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 16 June 1953, in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Paul, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.
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- Simon W Beck, "United States 1950 Census"
- Simon W. Beck, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Simon Wesley Beck, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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