Brief Life History of Harold
When Harold Proctor was born on 13 December 1903, in Benton, Indiana, United States, his father, Louis Edgar Proctor, was 26 and his mother, Ida Mary Broe, was 19. He married Dorothy Marie Straughan on 9 March 1929, in Boone, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Boone, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Lebanon, Center Township, Boone, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 14 May 1963, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Jamestown, Jackson Township, Boone, Indiana, United States.
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- Harold Proctor in household of Edgar Proctor, "United States Census, 1910"
- Harold Proctor, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Harold Oliver Proctor, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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