When Emma Pearl Harpham was born on 2 October 1884, in Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, her father, Jonathan W Harpham, was 38 and her mother, Mary Jane Rayburn, was 25. She married William Evan Beitler on 23 December 1903, in Cowles, Webster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Batin Township, Webster, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Elm Creek Township, Webster, Nebraska, United States for about 40 years. She died on 15 November 1969, in Cowles, Webster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States.
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English: habitational name from Harpham (East Yorkshire), from Old English hearpa ‘harper’ or hearpe ‘harp, place where the harp is played’ + hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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