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.