James Harold Champion

Brief Life History of James Harold

James Harold Champion was born on 15 March 1922, in Lincoln, Madison, Alabama, United States. He married Frances Louise Freeman on 6 June 1946, in Lincoln, Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Old Eastaboga, Talladega, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Munford, Talladega, Alabama, United States in 1950. He died on 4 December 1990, at the age of 68, and was buried in Springfield Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Harold Champion
1922–1990
Frances Louise Freeman
1925–1998
Marriage: 6 June 1946
Robert Harold or Sonny Champion
1947–2021
Jimmy Wayne or Pop Champion
1949–2019
William David Champion
1955–1955

Sources (17)

  • Harold Champion, "United States Census, 1930"
  • James Harold Champion, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • James H Champion, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (southern, of Norman origin) and French: from Middle English, Old French campion, champiun, champion ‘athlete’ such as a wrestler or boxer; also ‘warrior hired to do battle in single combat on behalf of others’ (from Late Latin campio, genitive campionis, a derivative of campus ‘plain, field of battle’). The first sense is probably the more usual source of the surname.

English (southern, of Norman origin): habitational name from Old French Champoigne, Champagne, the name of the French province, or from the derived ethnic name champaignon ‘person from Champagne’. Either of these could develop to Champion in Middle English.

French: habitational name from (Le) Champion, the name of several places in various parts of France.

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

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