Brief Life History of Richard Harlan
When Richard Harlan Suman was born on 29 April 1921, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, his father, John Robert Suman, was 31 and his mother, Beatrice Mary Mowers, was 32. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 18 March 1999, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Richard H Suman in household of John R Suman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Richard Harlan Suman, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Richard H Suman, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
Spouse and Children
1921–1999 Male
1925–2000 Female
Parents and Siblings
1890–1972 Male
1888–1976 Female
Siblings (2)
1917–2004 Male
1921–1999 Male
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 8
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 21
Name Meaning
Italian (northern): unexplained.
Croatian, Serbian, and Bosniak (Šuman): topographic name for someone who lived in a wood, derived from Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian šuma ‘wood, forest’. Compare Shuman .
Croatian: altered form, under Italian or Hungarian influence, of Šuman (see 2 above and 4 below), or perhaps a nickname derived from the root of sumnjati ‘doubt, suspicion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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