Oscar Harlan Harms

Brief Life History of Oscar Harlan

When Oscar Harlan Harms was born on 19 November 1877, in Cowley, Kansas, United States, his father, Charles L. Harms, was 28 and his mother, Julia H Hill, was 25. He married Fannie Lora Davisson on 4 August 1912. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Clifford, Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States for about 38 years. He died in 1959, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Harlan Harms
1877–1959
Fannie Lora Davisson
1884–1967
Marriage: 4 August 1912
Julia Lee Harms
1913–1997
Robert Davisson Harms
1919–2011

Sources (16)

  • Oscar H Harms, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Oscar Harms, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Oscar Harlan Harms, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

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.

1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages

Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

North German, Dutch, and Danish: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Herman(n) (see Hermann ).

English (London and southeastern England): variant of Harm , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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