Nola Harris

23 March 1887–31 January 1957 (Age 69)
Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States

The Life of Nola

When Nola Harris was born on 23 March 1887, in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States, her father, Ulysses Grant Harris, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Ann Skinner, was 24. She married John Calvin Dowdell on 10 March 1909, in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Page, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died on 31 January 1957, in Creston, Union, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Calvin Dowdell
1886–1960
Nola Harris
1887–1957
Marriage: 10 March 1909
Ruth Nell Dowdell
1910–1998
John Bruce Dowdell
1912–1913
Jack Otis Dowdell
1913–1963
Dick Harris Dowdell
1916–1916
Juanita Vera Dowdell
1917–2005
Betty Margaret Dowdell
1923–2013

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
10 March 1909
Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States
children

(6)

    Ruth Nell Dowdell

    Female1910–1998Female

    John Bruce Dowdell

    Male1912–1913Male

    Jack Otis Dowdell

    Male1913–1963Male

    Dick Harris Dowdell

    Male1916–1916Male

    Juanita Vera Dowdell

    Female1917–2005Female

+1 More Child

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(4)

    Nola Harris

    Female1887–1957Female

    Calvin Bryce Harris

    Male1888–1958Male

    Nellie L Harris

    Female1893–Female

    Elmer Finley Harris

    Male1897–1907Male

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 3

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage

Age 3

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 19

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

1 English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales): patronymic from the medieval English personal name Harry , pet form of Henry .2 This name is also well established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. In some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, both Harris and Harrison can be Anglicized forms of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha.3 Greek: reduced form of the Greek personal name Kharalambos, composed of the elements khara ‘joy’ + lambein ‘to shine’.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Nola Dowdell in household of John C Dowdell, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Nola Harris in household of Uslysses G Harris, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Nola Dowdell in household of John C Dowdell, "United States Census, 1940"

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