Waterloo Region Generations
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David Alexander "Alexander" Bean

David Alexander "Alexander" Bean

Male 1877 - 1964  (86 years)

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  • Name David Alexander "Alexander" Bean 
    Born 3 Oct 1877  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Publisher 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Publisher, Berlin Telegraph 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Methodist 
    Business 1927  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    D. Alexander Bean Life Insurance Counsel 
    Kitchener-D.AlexanderBean-LifeInsurane-1927Advert.jpg
    Kitchener-D.AlexanderBean-LifeInsurane-1927Advert.jpg
    Name Alexander Bean 
    Name D. A. Bean 
    Residence 19 Roland St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-114970 
    Died 26 Aug 1964  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I114970  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Mayor David S. Bean,   b. 29 Dec 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Fry,   b. 9 Nov 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1909, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1869  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F11005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Anna Winter,   b. 14 Nov 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 May 1904  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Belle Bean,   b. 22 Mar 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Frances Marian Bean,   b. 26 May 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1999, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     3. Brigadier General Walter Alexander Bean,   b. 26 Jul 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1998  (Age 89 years)
     4. Wilfrid Winter Bean,   b. 6 Sep 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Charles Aubrey Bean,   b. 7 Jul 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 2000, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F175579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    David Alexander Bean
    David Alexander Bean
    Berlin, Canada : a self portrait of Kitchener, Ontario before World War One : being a printing of the complete text of Berlin: celebration of cityhood, a volume published in 1912 by the German Printing and Publishing Co. of Berlin, Limited, and of various other documents

  • Notes 
    • David A. Bean

      KITCHENER, Ont., - CP) \emdash David Alexander Bean, 86, a former Kitchener publisher died Wednesday. At the age of 22,

      Mr. Bean became managing director and publisher of his father's newspaper, the Berlin Telegraph, which later became the Kitchener Telegraph.

      When the Telegraph was bought by the Kitchener-Waterloo Record in 1922, Mr. Bean launched an insurance company.

      He is survived by three sons, Air Vice-Marshal Wilfred Bean, air member for technical services in Ottawa; Walter Bean of Waterloo and Audrey Bean of Kitchener; and by one daughter, Mrs. Fred Breithaupt of Kitchener. Funeral will be held in Kitchener Friday.

  • Sources 
    1. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 2.

    2. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 46.

    3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 7.

    4. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 5.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113177804/david-alexander-bean.

    6. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 261.

    7. [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869.
      David Bean Birth Place: Wilmot RESIDENCE: Blenheim Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Father Name: John Mother Name: Ann Tharich Spouse Name: Marianne Fry Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Spouse Birth Place: Waterloo Spouse Residence: Blenheim Spouse Father Name: Christian Spouse Mother Name: Regina Croft Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1869 Marriage County: Oxford

    8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Wilfrid Winter Bean
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 06 Sep 1912
      Event Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Registration Date: 1912
      Gender: Male
      Father's Name: David Alexander Bean - Publisher of Berlion
      Mother's Name: Rose Winter
      Married Toronto 18 May 1904
      Certificate Number: 053154

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Oct 1877 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Publisher - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 May 1904 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Publisher, Berlin Telegraph - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - D. Alexander Bean Life Insurance Counsel - 1927 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 19 Roland St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Aug 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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