Harry Petros
29 November 1918–2003 (Age 84)
Sabraton, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
The Life of Harry
Harry Petros was born on 29 November 1918, in Sabraton, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States. He died in 2003, at the age of 85.
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 1
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
Age 2
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Age 2
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
Name Meaning
1 Ethiopian: from the personal name Petros ( see Peter ).2 Greek: reduced form of Petropoulos or some other derivative of Petros, Greek form of Peter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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