Brief Life History of Ada
When Ada Harry was born on 14 September 1853, in Londonderry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Job Harry, was 53 and her mother, Deborah P. Emmitt, was 41. She lived in Valley Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870.
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Sources (4)
- Ada B Harry in household of Nathan A Harry, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ada Harry, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Ada Harry, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (mainly south Wales and southwestern England): from the medieval personal name Harry, a common form of Henry , with assimilation of -nr- to -rr- and regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-. In south Wales the surname is generally a post-medieval coinage, in most cases not hereditary until the 18th or 19th century.
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Harry (see 1 above) as a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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