Brief Life History of Arthur Bampton
When Arthur Bampton Harney was born on 31 May 1891, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Thomas Harney, was 27 and his mother, Silvia Ellen Cadarette, was 20. He married Sophie J Sangster on 3 February 1912, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 May 1981, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Arthur B Harney, "United States Census, 1940"
- Arthur B. Harney, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Arthur B Harney, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAthairne ‘descendant of Athairne’, a personal name based on athair ‘father’, originally of three syllables and borne by a famous Old Irish satirist. The surname was sometimes also Anglicized as Hartney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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