Brief Life History of Franklin Stewart
When Dr. Franklin Stewart Harris Jr was born on 24 May 1912, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Franklin Stewart Harris, was 27 and his mother, Frankie Estella Spilsbury, was 28. He married Mabel Estelle Bost on 21 September 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 13 August 1999, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Franklin S Harris, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Franklin Stewart Harris, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Franklin Stewart Harris, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1916 · No-Ni-Shee Arch
The No-Ni-Shee Arch was a temporary archway near the intersection of Main Street and South Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. The archway was built in 1916 for the Wizard of the Wasatch festival. The name No-Ni-Shee was derived from a mythical American Indian Salt Princess. Her tears caused the Great Salt Lake to be salty. The arch was dedicated to her and sprayed with salt water so that salt eventually crystallized on Main Street. The Wizard’s carnivals enlivened Utah’s summers for several years. The last Wizard of the Wasatch carnival was held in 1916, on the eve of World War I.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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Doctor Franklin Stewart Harris Junior
He spoke 5 languages. He got a PhD in physics. He worked as a college physics professor at the University of Utah. He wrote several books, including "Messages & Evidences of the Book of Mormon." He …
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