Harland Richard Frye

Brief Life History of Harland Richard

When Harland Richard Frye was born on 14 April 1926, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Lewis Frye, was 34 and his mother, Daisy May Long, was 24. He had at least 1 son with Clara Jean Graff. He lived in Armstrong Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950 and Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 2001. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 8 November 2001, at the age of 75, and was buried in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harland Richard Frye
1926–2001
Clara Jean Graff
1928–2022
Richard Blaine Frye
1953–2006

Sources (9)

  • Harland Fry, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Harland R Frye, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Harland R Dick Frye, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Fry .

North German: variant of Frey .

History: Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.

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

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