Betty Harris

Female1933–2007

Brief Life History of Betty

When Betty Harris was born in 1933, in Bloomingdale, Pompton Township, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, her father, Arthur Kennedy, was 45 and her mother, Hilda Van Dunk, was 30. She died in 2007, in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Kennedy
1888–1973
Hilda Van Dunk
1903–1938
Alida G Crouch
1922–2011
Norvan Van Dunk
1925–1944
Edgar Van Dunk
1928–1988
Joyce Milligan
1929–1956
Art Kennedy
1930–1999
Betty Harris
1933–2007

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    World Events (8)

    1933

    Age 0

    "New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the ""New Deal"". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933."

    1935 · The FBI is Established

    Age 2

    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.

    1954 · Nike Missile Sites (Cold War)

    Age 21

    Because of New Jersey's strategic location, it served a critical role in North American's defense plans during the Cold War. During two of the most intense decades of the Cold War era, New Jersey was home to over a dozen U.S. Army Nike missile installations. The Nike Missiles were named after the mythical Greek goddess of victory, and were deployed at sites that surrounded major metropolitan areas. The sites were deactivated in 1974.

    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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