When Harry Pierson Arnold was born on 1 October 1875, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Stephen Arnold, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Knaub, was 34. He married Jessie Blanche Pensinger on 13 June 1899, in Dillsburg, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in United States in 1920 and Franklin Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 April 1958, in Dillsburg, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Dillsburg, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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