Beatrice Elizabeth Richards

Female6 August 1937–12 November 1999

Brief Life History of Beatrice Elizabeth

When Beatrice Elizabeth Richards was born on 6 August 1937, in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, George Melvin Richards, was 50 and her mother, Elsie Dorothy Scarberry, was 27. She married Paul C Nelson in 1970. She died on 12 November 1999, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Paul C Nelson
1923–
Beatrice Elizabeth Richards
1937–1999
Marriage: 1970

Sources (3)

  • U.S. Social Security Death Index
  • U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  • Ancestry.com

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1970
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1941

    Age 4

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    1953

    Age 16

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law recognizing that Ohio was admitted into the Union, since it had previously slipped through the cracks. The official date of admittance was agreed upon as March 1, 1803, ratified as of May 19, 1953.

    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

    Age 18

    The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .

    German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .

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

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