Brief Life History of Orvil Elihu
When Orvil Elihu Beecher was born on 6 November 1909, in Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Elihu Ulysses Beecher, was 26 and his mother, Annie Ellen "Ella" Hoagland, was 23. He married Hazel Dawn Ward on 21 June 1937, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 22 July 1994, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Elba Grandview Cemetery, Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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- Orvil Elihu Beecher, "United States 1950 Census"
- Orvil Elihu Beecher, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- Orvil Elihu Beecher, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1910 · The Mann Act
This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.
Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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