Lauretta Roundy Beck

Lauretta Roundy Beck (1821-1907) - Lauretta Roundy, daughter of Shadrach Roundy (1788 - 1872) and Betsey Quimby (1793 - 1880), was born 26 September 1821 at Spafford, Onondaga County, New York; she died at age 86 on 18 October 1907 at Livermore, Alameda County, California; and was buried at Centerville Pioneer Cemetery, Plot #23, Fremont, Alameda County, California. She was 19 when she married David Henry Hauer Beck (1819 - 1898), son of John Christian Beck and Magdalene Ahl Beck, on 25 April 1841 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois; they had ten known children.

Lauretta and David Beck and their four eldest children emigrated to Utah in 1850; the family then continued to California between June 1857 and September 1859, settling in Livermore.

Children of Lauretta and David Beck

1. William Peyton Beck (1842 Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois - 1936 Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California)
2. Ellen Samantha Beck (1844 Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois - 1932 Livermore, Alameda County, California)
3. Caroline Hillis Beck (1847 Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa - 1926 San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California)
4. Charles Henry Beck (1849 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa - 1928 Livermore, Alameda County, California)
5. Julia Rebecca Beck (1850 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory - 1915 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California)
6. Martha Jane Beck (1854 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory - 1945 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California)
7. David Henry Beck (1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory - 1862 Centerville, Alameda County, California)
8. John Christian Beck (1859 Fremont, Alameda County, California - 1907 Oakland, Alameda County, California)
9. Vesta Laura Beck (1863 Centerville, Alameda County, California - 1919 Oakland, Alameda County, California)
10. Franklin Pierce Beck (1866 Centerville, Alameda County, California - 1941 Centerville, Alameda County, California)

Notes

LDS records at FamilySearch.com incorrectly attribute three children to David and Lauretta Beck that are not theirs: Leroy Beck, Francis Xavier Beck, and Mehetible Hattie Hulce . Please do not propagate this error.

Sources

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• Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington, Alameda, California; Roll: M593_68; Page: 277B; Image: 558; Family History Library Film: 545567.
• Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Alameda, California; Roll: M653_55; Page: 213; Image: 215; Family History Library Film: 803055.
• Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 136A; Image: 277.
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