Researching Harry Becker
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The name Harry means "Form of HAROLD. army-power" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Harry Becker on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harry Becker and the Becker Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Becker Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Becker family tree.
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Becker Forums
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Harry Becker (politician)
Harry Thomas Alfred Becker (16 June 1892 – 6 March 1980) was a British politician.
Born in Wandsworth, Becker was the son of Sir Francis Becker. He was educated a Colet Court and then Uppingham School. He served in the Suffolk Regiment of the British Army forces during World War I, temporarily reaching the rank of second lieutenant before being discharged due to poor health.
At the 1918 general election, Becker stood in Bermondsey West for the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers. He did not win the seat, but was successful at Richmond (Surrey) in 1922 general election as an independent Conservative, with the backing of the Anti-Waste League. He was adopted an official Conservative Party candidate at the 1923 general election and held his seat, but stood down at the following year's election.
Becker married four times, firstly to Anne Lipton in 1912, then to Mabel Parnham in 1926, Dorothy Newman in 1952, and then finally to Mary Beth Browder in 1952. Browder was from Tennessee, and Becker became an American citizen in 1955.
Source: Harry Becker (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Becker
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