Harry Alfred Hollembeak

Brief Life History of Harry Alfred

When Harry Alfred Hollembeak was born on 13 January 1890, in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Clay Hollembeak, was 44 and his mother, Camellia Adelle Noble, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Zenobia Mary Lafitte. He lived in Jefferson Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Stonewall, De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1920. He died on 9 April 1937, in Cameron, Texas, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

Harry Alfred Hollembeak
1890–1937
Zenobia Mary Lafitte
1888–1937
Camilla Emily Hollembeak
1911–1978
Gertrude Hollembeak
1913–
Harold Alfred Hollembeak
1914–1993
Ralph Warren Hollembeak
1920–1978

Sources (10)

  • Hary Halleanbeak, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Harry Alfred Hollembeak, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Harry Alfred Hollembeak, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Pet form of Henry . This was the usual English form of Henry in the Middle Ages and later. It was used by Shakespeare , for example, as the familiar name of the mature King Henry V ( compare Hal ). Since the publication of the first of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter titles (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) in 1997 , Harry has become extremely popular as an independent given name.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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