Brief Life History of Wilber
When Wilber Harper was born on 11 September 1883, in Macksville, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, his father, James Bridges Harper, was 34 and his mother, Anna Jane Dolly, was 28. He married Bessie Lena Mauzy on 16 May 1905, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in West Virginia, United States in 1883 and Union District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States for about 50 years. He died on 16 January 1971, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Riverton, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Wilbur Harper, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wilber Harper, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Wilbert Harper, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
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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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