Mary Adrian Elder

Brief Life History of Mary Adrian

When Mary Adrian Elder was born on 12 October 1852, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Robert W Elder, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Davis, was 30. She married George Henry Harkless in 1869. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Venango, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 25 March 1928, in Bully Hill, Sandycreek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Henry Harkless
1847–1912
Mary Adrian Elder
1852–1928
Marriage: 1869
William Robert Harkless
1870–1922
Anna Elizabeth Harkless
1872–1921
Greenfield Blake Harkless
1874–1928
Ellede Harkless
1877–1877
Samuel Harkless
1877–1877
George Harkless
1879–1953
Ella Harkless
1883–1928
David Harkless
1884–
Cleveland Harkless
1886–1909
Frances Annetta Harkless
1887–1954
Mary K Harkless
1889–1957
George B Harkless
1890–
Edith May Harkless
1891–1937
Josephine Harkless
1894–1951

Sources (17)

  • Mary Harkless in household of Wm Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Adrian Mary ELDER - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Adrian Mary Elder
  • Mary Ann Elder Harkless, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

Scottish: distinguishing nickname from Middle English and Older Scots elder ‘parent; older, senior person’, perhaps in some cases denoting the older of two bearers of the same personal name. It may have been used also to denote an elder of a church, a senior and respected member of the congregation. Compare Senior .

English: in southeastern England, this may be a variant of Helder .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Elter , which has the same meaning as 1 above.

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

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