Brief Life History of Alice Joan
When Alice Joan Harper was born on 31 July 1908, in Stafford, Virginia, United States, her father, John Henry Harper, was 38 and her mother, Alice Boutchyard, was 32. She lived in Hartwood, Stafford, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Falmouth, Stafford, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 29 October 1992, in Stafford, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Alice Harper in household of John H Harper, "United States Census, 1910"
- Alice Harper Larkin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alice H Larkin in entry for John Bradley Larkin, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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