Beck Family History & Genealogy

Stephen J Beck of Largo, Pinellas County, FL was born on April 24, 1918, and died at age 83 years old on December 31, 2001.

Andrew Beck of Salem, NH Finland was born on June 10, 1876.

Elvira Beck of Akron, Summit County, Ohio was born in October 1877 in Finland, and died at age 94 years old in December 1971.

Mary Beck of Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia was born on March 10, 1877, and died at age 92 years old in December 1969.

Lisa Anne (Beck Ledbetter Narramore) O'Brien was born on November 19, 1974 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lisa Anne O'Brien.

Angela Renee (Beck) Rile was born on May 17, 1972 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee United States to John Edward Beck and Mary Jane Beck, and has a sister Lisa Anne O'Brien. She married Keith Andrew Rile on April 25, 1998 in Nashville, Davidson County, and they were married until Keith's death on April 12, 2012 in Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia. Angela Rile has a child Noah Scott Rile. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Angela Renee Rile.

John Edward Beck was born on November 25, 1945 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee United States. John Beck got married to Mary Jane Beck in 1970 in Nashville, Davidson County, and has children Angela Renee Rile and Lisa Anne O'Brien. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Edward Beck.

Mary Jane Beck was born on December 29, 1948 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Jane Beck.

Gloria Florence (Beck) Austin of Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, NY was born on May 7, 1922 in New York, and died at age 83 years old on September 9, 2005 in West Islip. Gloria Austin was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 67 Site 1880 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

Lenore Catherine (Beck) Hetrick of Cochranton, Crawford County, PA was born on November 17, 1926 in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, and died at age 67 years old on April 14, 1994 in Crawford County. Lenore Hetrick was buried at Cochranton Cemetery in Cochranton.

Opal Estelle (Yates) Beck of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia United States was born on October 13, 1922 in Carroll County, and died at age 90 years old on December 11, 2012 in Newnan, Coweta County. Opal Beck was buried at Sardis Baptist Church in Bowdon, Carroll County.

Tammy Beck of Newnan, Georgia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tammy (Beck).

Faith (Beck) Brooks was born to Opal Estelle Yates Beck and Ertis Beck. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Faith (Beck) Brooks.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ertis Beck.

Melissa Ann Beck was born on July 25, 1970 to parents Gaye K. Beck Shepherd and Walter Charkes Beck, Ii.

James T Beck of Karnak, Pulaski County, IL was born on December 1, 1930, and died at age 65 years old on March 1, 1996.

John Beck, a chapel keeper, and Hannah Beck née Fox, who married at the Norfolk Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sheffield, on 5th September 1861. At the time of his marriage John Beck stated that he was a twenty-six year old bachelor, the son of the later Augustine Beck, a farmer. Augustine Beck died at Hainford, Norfolk, on 6th March 1854 aged fifty-six years, and was therefore born around 1797-98. We calculated that John Beck had been born around 1834-35. This was before the introduction of civil registration in England and Wales. The main sources for ancestry research before the beginning of civil registration are the local parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. There is no complete index to English parish registers and it is essential to discover which parish or parishes to search for evidence of the earlier ancestry. Norfolk Street Chapel where John and Hannah got married was built in 1780, one of the largest in the Kingdom and opened by the founder of Methodism himself, who to the end of his long laborious life loved it and its people. The Methodism in Sheffield Park records on page 124 that John became a teacher for the chapel Sunday school in 1859. In January 1912 Mr John Beck retired from the position of caretaker after 43 years service in that capacity (Page 256). An extract from the book: “At the end of 1913 there passed from the scene of his labours, in more senses than one, John Beck, a veteran who had become almost one with the church. Spared to the age of nearly four-score years, fifty-three of which were spent in connection with the Park Church and forty-three of those in the position of caretaker. In addition to his care of the fabric he endeavoured to do other Christian work, serving in connection with the Cottage, Prayer Leaders’, and Tract Societies, and as a visitor. His wife, Hannah, was a diligent worker in the church from her youth, as we have noted in various connections, pre-deceased him in 1907. The last longing of this veteran was that he might live to see the Centenary Celebrations of the School, he being one of the few who were present at the Jubilee. It was not to be, however, for God took him”. By all accounts and from information passed down by Wilfred Beck, John was quite a jovial character and was forever playing tricks on the family much to the disapproval of his son John Samuel who was very straight laced by comparison. Beck Family:

John Samuel Beck was born on November 6, 1871, and died at age 75 years old on October 13, 1947 at High Storrs Cres, in United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Samuel Beck.

Born to Osa Marie Gordon and John Shields Gordon, John Beck was born as John Beck Gordon, Jr. He was brother to James Beck Gordon. Understandably, John shortened his name to John Beck and has remained private after his brother, James, killed their mother. See Drummer Faces Trial for Killing. No information can be found about John but there is plenty of information about the rest of his family, due to their notoriety.

Osa Marie (Beck) Gordon was born on December 7th, 1911 in Colby, Kansas, to Henry Vorhees D. Beck (1868 - 1924) and Hettie Ann Wolfe (1890 - 1981). Her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in Tennessee. Osa had three siblings: two sisters, Lea, born 1914 and Thelma, born 1917, and one brother: Dr. Henry Vorce Beck, born 1920. Osa Marie Beck married John Shields Gordon. on November 23rd, 1942, in Washington, D.C. They had two sons: James Beck Gordon, and John Beck. Osa's son, James Beck Gordon, achieved fame as a drummer, winning a Grammy in 1970 for his collaboration with Eric Clapton on "Layla," which won "Best Rock Song." Tragically, he was later convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of his mother and sentenced to sixteen years to life in prison. At the time of the crime, he had recently been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia although he had been exhibiting signs of mental illness for years and had been complaining of "hearing voices" during that time. Osa was murdered by her son, James, on June 3rd, 1983 in North Hollywood, California. She was 71 years old and a widow - James' father had died years earlier -and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery in Section 322 Row M, in Los Angeles, California. The sad story of a successful son killing his own mother was covered in local newspapers such as Drummer Faces Trial for Killing. The following article was written just before his first trial: Drummer Faces Trial for Killing. See a photo of Osa's son, James Beck Gordon, who killed her. He died in 2023 in the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California. James Beck Gordon. Also see James Beck Gordon: Obituary.