Brief Life History of Frank Gordon
When Frank Gordon Harling was born on 1 November 1926, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Harold Harling, was 31 and his mother, Mabel Crabtree, was 28. He married Margaret Bramham on 17 March 1951, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. He died in 2002, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
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Sources (5)
- Harling, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Mr Frank Gordon Harling, "England Death Records, 1998-2015"
- Frank Q Harling in household of Harold Harling, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
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World Events (8)
1940
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
1942 · Baedeker Blitz
The Baedeker Blitz took place from April 1942- May 1942. The attack on York took place on April 28-29, it caused minimal damage but 79 people were killed.
1948
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Harling in Norfolk. The placename means ‘(settlement of) the people of Herela’, from an Old English personal name Herela + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas.
English: variant of Harlin .
North German: habitational name from any of several places so named, from a derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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