Brief Life History of Harvey Bertram
When Harvey Bertram Harris Jr was born on 12 December 1885, in Lincoln, Lincoln, Kansas, United States, his father, Harvey Buckley Harris, was 31 and his mother, Hope Elizabeth Harshbarger, was 22. He married Nancy Vanetta Pardee on 20 January 1909, in Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in South Dakota, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 12 Hopewell, Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1962, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- H Birtruna Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
- Harvey B Harris, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Harvey Bertram Harris, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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