Brief Life History of Verna Anice
When Verna Anice Harrelson was born on 24 July 1898, in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States, her father, Noah B Harrelson, was 30 and her mother, Dora Francis Clark, was 23. She married Michael Traster on 20 May 1939, in Newton, Indiana, United States. She lived in Flannigan Township, Hamilton, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 22 August 1981, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States.
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- Verna Harrelson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Verna Harrelson in entry for Hubbard, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Verna A Harrelson in household of Nara B Harrelson Jr., "United States Census, 1900"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Haraldsen and, in some cases, also of Swedish Haraldsson (see Haraldson ). Compare Harelson and Harralson .
History: The first known bearer of the surname Harrelson was Paul Harrelson, Sr (in some sources his surname is spelled Harralson), born in the middle of the 17th century in Denmark or Norway (Norway was in a union with Denmark at that time), who in the 1670s or 1680s settled in New Kent County, VA. There appears to be only a few later immigrants from Norway or Sweden, whose Americanized surname was spelled the same way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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