Brief Life History of Reginald Franklin
When Reginald Franklin Beames was born on 21 January 1891, in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Edwin Jones Beames, was 26 and his mother, Hattie Lorinda Black, was 21. He married Minnie Alberta Dersham on 5 October 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 9 March 1975, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Reginald Beams, "United States Census, 1930"
- Beames, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
- Reginald F. Beames, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Beamish .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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