Brief Life History of Robert Hevener
When Robert Hevener Harper was born on 18 November 1895, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, his father, James Bridges Harper, was 46 and his mother, Anna Jane Dolly, was 40. He married Alpha Mae Burns about 1929, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1895 and Union District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States for about 50 years. He died on 18 February 1973, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Riverton, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Robert H Harper, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Hevener Harper, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Robert Hauner Harper, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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