Brief Life History of Harvey Icem
When Harvey Icem Harris was born on 9 January 1916, in Pipe Creek, Bandera, Texas, United States, his father, George Isom Harris, was 26 and his mother, Barbara Elizabeth Baker, was 24. He married Virginia Helen Bankston about 1935, in Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Boerne, Kendall, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 3, Smith, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 27 September 1976, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis, Texas, United States.
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- Census - Harvey Harris - Age 24 - "United States Census, 1940" - Event Place: Tract 2, Austin, Justice Precinct 3, Travis, Texas, United States
- Birth - Harvey Icem Harris, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" - Son of - George Icem Harris and Barbara Elisebeth Baker - Event Place: Bandera, Bandera, Texas, United States
- WWII Draft - Harvey Icem Harris, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947" -Event Place: Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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