Harry Walter Neville

Male16 June 1922–10 August 1986

Brief Life History of Harry Walter

When Harry Walter Neville was born on 16 June 1922, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Walter Henry Neville, was 25 and his mother, Ruth Ann Boyd, was 20. He married Bertie Mart Grange on 2 February 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Judicial Township 4, Shasta, California, United States in 1940 and Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States for about 1 years. He died on 10 August 1986, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Kent, King, Washington, United States.

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Harry Walter Neville
1922–1986
Bertie Mart Grange
1926–2010
Marriage: 2 February 1945
Barbara Neville
1949–2019

Sources (9)

  • Harry W Neville, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Harry Walter Neville, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Harry Walter Neville, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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  • Marriage
    2 February 1945Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 1

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 12

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1940

    Age 18

    Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

    Name Meaning

    English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Neuville in Calvados or Néville in Seine-Maritime, both so called from Old French neu(f) ‘new’ (from Latin novus) + ville ‘settlement’. One family line, originally from Neuville (Calvados), became powerful during the Wars of the Roses through Richard Neville (1428–71), 16th Earl of Warwick, nicknamed "The Kingmaker".

    Irish (Munster): assimilation of the Gaelic name Ó Niadh (see Nee ) and sometimes of Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin ).

    History: George Neville came to VA in or c. 1700 and settled on the headwaters of the Occoquan River, acquiring a large estate. His descendants, bearing the surnames Neville and Craig, were of considerable importance in Pittsburgh, PA, and Cincinnati, OH.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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