Henry Nelson Harbour

Brief Life History of Henry Nelson

When Henry Nelson Harbour was born on 27 August 1892, in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Harbour, was 42 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Workman, was 37. He married Flara Plina Withers in 1928. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Woodside, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 20 November 1938, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Clear Lake Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Nelson Harbour
1892–1938
Flara Plina Withers
1896–1981
Marriage: 1928
Wendell Oscar Adkins
1918–2008
David Coy Adkins
1919–2016
Mary Druzilla Adkins
1921–
William Woodrow Adkins
1922–2006
Thelma Jean Adkins
1925–2005
Henry N Harbour
1929–1996
Betty M Harbour
1931–
Robert O Harbour
1934–1987
Gladys Lee Harbor
1937–1963

Sources (21)

  • Henry N Harbour, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Henry Nelson Harbour, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Henry Nelson Harbour, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.

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.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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