Brief Life History of Clifford H
When Clifford H Harkness was born in 1898, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles H Harkness, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Davies, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Ina Herda. He lived in Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and East Smithfield, Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died in 1961, at the age of 63, and was buried in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Clifford Harkness in household of Chas Harkness, "United States Census, 1910"
- Clifford H Harkness, "Find A Grave Index"
- Clifford H Harkness in entry for Charles F Harkness, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire): apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place (perhaps in the area of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, with which the surname is connected in early records). The surname is also established in northern Ireland, where it was taken in the 17th century by settlers from Dumfriesshire.
History: A descendant of the Dumfriesshire family of this name, Stephen V. Harkness (died 1888), amassed a fortune in the US oil industry and was a partner of John D. Rockefeller, Sr; his son, Edward Stephen Harkness (born 1874 in Cleveland, OH) was the president of the philanthropic Commonwealth Fund in the US and a founder of the Pilgrim Trust in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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