Harold Pierce Briggs

Male16 June 1891–30 May 1957

Brief Life History of Harold Pierce

When Harold Pierce Briggs was born on 16 June 1891, in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan, United States, his father, Robert Douglas Briggs, was 28 and his mother, Rose Sophronia Luella Delphine Pierce, was 28. He married Agnes Lucile Perry on 16 June 1914, in Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Detroit Ward 22, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Warren, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1950. In 1930, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as clerk, factory. He died on 30 May 1957, in Macomb, Macomb Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Flint River Cemetery, Richfield Center, Richfield Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States.

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Harold Pierce Briggs
1891–1957
Agnes Lucile Perry
1890–1919
Marriage: 16 June 1914
Clare Perry Briggs
1915–2001

Sources (17)

  • Harold Briggs, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Harold Pierce Briggs - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Harold Pierce Briggs
  • Harold P. Briggs, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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  • Marriage
    16 June 1914Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 5

    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.

    1897 · Beginnings of Kmart

    Age 6

    Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 18

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.

    History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

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

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