Brief Life History of Harry Verne
When Harry Verne Evans was born on 4 June 1894, in Nokomis, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, his father, William Benjamin Evans, was 38 and his mother, Hattie Jane Leigh, was 28. He married Katherine Genevieve Ritcher on 22 February 1926, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 4 January 1984, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- Harry V Evans, "United States 1950 Census"
- Asst. Band Leader Harry V. Evans, "Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976"
- Harry Evans, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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