Documents Pertinent to
Leon Beiderbecke's
Middle Name


Tyler School.
Annual Registration, 1911-1912.




First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa. Certificate of promotion to the Intermediate Department, June 1912.





First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa. Manual and Directory, 1905.






District Court of Scott County. Mary Hill's (Bix's great aunt) Heirs, April 1916.



District Court of Scott County. Settlement of distibution of  Mary Hill's (Bix's great aunt) estate, May 1917.



Court House Record. Amendment of Leon Beiderbecke's birth certificate, Nov 19, 1962.




The announcements of Bix's birth in the local newspapers shed no light on the subject.
Davenport Daily Leader. March 12, 1903, p. 7
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Beiderbecke are parents of a son born Tuesday evening.
Davenport Republican. March 12, 1903, p. 8.
Mr and Mrs. B. H. Beiderbecke are the parents of a little son, who arrived to make his home wioth them Tuesday night of this week.
The Davenport Democrat. March 11, 1903, p. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Beiderbecke welcomed a little son to their home last night.


I am grateful to Don Southwood for the copies of the First Presbyterian Church material and to Rich Johnson for scans of the Tyler school records and the Scott County documents.