Samuel Harbour

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Harbour was born on 11 November 1849, in Auburn, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Levi J. Harbour Sr., was 22 and his mother, Cyntha Samantha Bilyeu, was 22. He married Mary Elizabeth Workman on 30 December 1869, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 41 years. He died on 25 September 1917, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Campbell Cemetery, Loami Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Harbour
1849–1917
Mary Elizabeth Workman
1854–1928
Marriage: 30 December 1869
Peter D. Harbour
1870–1899
Sally Jane Harbour
1875–1934
Levi P Harbour
1872–1957
Samuel M Harbour
1877–1908
Joseph J Harbour
1879–1960
Mary Harbour
1881–1911
Mannie Harbour
1882–1971
Minnie Harbour
1882–1977
Caroline Harbour
1884–1886
William B. Harbour
1886–1960
Cynthia May Harbour
1888–1974
Mildred Louisa Harbour
1889–1976
Henry Nelson Harbour
1892–1938
Rose A. Harbour
1894–1981
George Harbour
1896–1910
Frank Samuel Harbour
1898–1980

Sources (34)

  • Samuel Harbor in household of Levi Harbor, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Samuel Harbour, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Samuel Harbour, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Sangamon, Illinois, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: nickname or topographic name for someone who kept or lived at a lodging-house, from late Old English herebeorg ‘shelter, lodging’ (from here ‘army’ + beorg ‘shelter’). The change of -er- to -ar- is a regular phonetic process in Middle English. Compare Harbach .

French: variant of Arbour . This form of the surname is virtually non-existing in France.

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

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