Brief Life History of William Franklin "Bill"
When William Franklin "Bill" Harris was born on 18 September 1915, in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States, his father, William Joseph Harris, was 31 and his mother, Delia Elizabeth Vance, was 30. He married Margaret Marie Powers on 23 March 1935, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Harrison Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1946. He died on 20 December 1996, in Lapel, Stony Creek Township, Madison, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Cicero, Jackson Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States.
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- William Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- William R Harris, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- William H Harris, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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