Brief Life History of Etta C.
When Etta C. Harper was born on 28 March 1880, in West Virginia, United States, her father, James Bridges Harper, was 31 and her mother, Anna Jane Dolly, was 25. She married Irving Ritchie on 1 January 1903, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Franklin, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Franklin District, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 1 July 1970, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Franklin, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Harper in household of Jas B Harper, "United States Census, 1880"
- Etta Ritchie, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Etta Harper in entry for Irving Ritchie, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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