Brief Life History of Alvin Earle
When Alvin Earle Harris was born on 5 December 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Harris, was 28 and his mother, Mabel Edminston, was 25. He lived in Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 2 April 2004, in Westfield, Cinnaminson Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States.
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- Alvin Harris in household of David D Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- Alvin E Harris, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Alvin E Harris, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
New Jersey was the first state to ratify Prohibition, the short-lived constitutional ban on alcoholic beverages.
1942
Camp Kilmer was activated by the War Department in June 1942 following roughly one year of construction. The camp was named after Joyce Kilmer, a New Jersey poet from the 69th Infantry Regiment that had been killed during World War I. The post served as a place for soldiers to receive medical injections and supplies before loading onto ships headed to Europe. After the war, the camp remained active until the fall of 1949 to assist with processing troops that returned home from Europe.
Name Meaning
English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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