Brief Life History of Helen Maud
When Helen Maud Happersett was born on 1 February 1895, in Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Lewis Woodward Happersett, was 25 and her mother, Martha E Griffith, was 24. She lived in Camden, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Ellen Happersett in household of Lewis Happersett, "New Jersey State Census, 1905"
- Helen Happersett in household of Lewis Happersett, "New Jersey State Census, 1915"
- Maud H. Happersett, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1869–1934 Male
1870–1905 Female
Siblings (4)
1895– Female
1896– Male
1897–1898 Male
1900–1900 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 10
1927
Age 32
Name Meaning
vernacular form of the name (Greek Hēlēnē) borne in classical legend by a famous beauty, wife of Menelaus, whose seizure by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Her name is of uncertain origin; it may be connected with a word meaning ‘ray’ or ‘sunbeam’ compare Greek hēlios ‘sun’. It has sometimes been taken as connected with the Greek word meaning ‘Greek’, Hellēn, but this is doubtful. In the early Christian period the name was borne by the mother of the Emperor Constantine, who is now usually known by the Latin version of her name, Helena. She is credited with having found the True Cross in Jerusalem. She was born in about 248 , probably in Bithynia. However, in medieval England it was believed that she had been born in Britain, which greatly increased the popularity of the name there.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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