Harrold Pitt Fessenden

Male4 October 1869–11 October 1934

Brief Life History of Harrold Pitt

When Harrold Pitt Fessenden was born on 4 October 1869, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Sgt. Mjr. Charles Bucknam Fesseden, was 28 and his mother, Harriet Louise Everett, was 25. He married Elizabeth Evans Ketchum on 27 April 1901, in Galveston, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Parsons, Labette, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 October 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harrold Pitt Fessenden
1869–1934
Elizabeth Evans Ketchum
1874–1959
Marriage: 27 April 1901
Charles Pitt Fessenden
1905–1990
Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden
1910–1932

Sources (13)

  • Harry Fessenden in household of Harrison Inness, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Harry Fessenden, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Harold Pitt Fessender, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 April 1901Galveston, Texas, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    1870

    Age 1

    Historical Boundaries: 1870: Labette, Kansas, United States

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 21

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    English (Kent): probably from a lost or unidentifiedplace in Kent, named with an unexplained first element + Old Englishdenu ‘valley’. The variant Fishenden is also found.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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