Clifford Raymond Harris

10 March 1908–December 1979 (Age 71)
Beech, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Clifford Raymond

When Clifford Raymond Harris was born on 10 March 1908, in Beech, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States, his father, Daniel Webster Harris, was 31 and his mother, Lucy Florence Starcher, was 28. He married Effie Mae Keller in 1930, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States for about 5 years and Morgan District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died in December 1979, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.

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Clifford Raymond Harris
1908–1979
Effie Mae Keller
1909–2007
Marriage: 1930

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 1
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.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 2
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1927
Age 19
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

1 English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales): patronymic from the medieval English personal name Harry , pet form of Henry .2 This name is also well established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. In some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, both Harris and Harrison can be Anglicized forms of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha.3 Greek: reduced form of the Greek personal name Kharalambos, composed of the elements khara ‘joy’ + lambein ‘to shine’.

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

Possible Related Names

Harriss
Perry
Harry
Fitzharris
Harries
Parry
Henry

Sources (7)

  • Clifford R Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Clifford Harris in household of Daniel H Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Clifford R Harris in household of Lucy F Harris, "United States Census, 1930"

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