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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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"
Spouse and Children
1891–1957 Male
1890–1919 Female
Children (1)
1915–2001 Male
Parents and Siblings
1862–1908 Male
1863–1925 Female
Siblings (4)
1891–1957 Male
1892–1972 Male
1893–1897 Male
1903–1998 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Age 6
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 18
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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