Harry Grant Holcomb

Brief Life History of Harry Grant

When Harry Grant Holcomb was born on 17 October 1908, in Iowa, United States, his father, Luther LaVerne Holcomb, was 25 and his mother, Letta Oscena Bills, was 23. He married Oma Christy Cook on 1 August 1928, in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ninnekah, Grady, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Amber, Grady, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 10 April 1991, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, United States.

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Harry Grant Holcomb
1908–1991
Oma Christy Cook
1908–1995
Marriage: 1 August 1928
Harrietta Eudora Holcomb
1936–2019

Sources (12)

  • Harry G Halcomb, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Grant Holcomb, "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
  • Harry Holcomb, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1910 · State Capital Moves to Oklahoma City

The state capital of Oklahoma moved from Guthrie to Oklahoma City on June 10, 1910. 

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Somerset), from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.

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

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