Brief Life History of George Francis
When George Francis Bean was born on 6 March 1908, in Ridgway, Gallatin, Illinois, United States, his father, Rufus Alexander Bean, was 41 and his mother, Mollie Davis, was 36. He married Bernice Rebecca Shults on 8 January 1956, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Equality, Gallatin, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 10 June 1988, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- George F Bean in household of Rufus A Berne, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Francis Bean - Government record: birth-name: George Francis Bean
- George Francis Bean, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.
English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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