Charles Ralph Harris

Brief Life History of Charles Ralph

When Charles Ralph Harris was born on 11 May 1907, in Kansas, United States, his father, David Harry Harris, was 31 and his mother, Clara Welty, was 26. He lived in Richland Township, Labette, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Orchard, Morgan, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 5 January 1988, in Delta, Colorado, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Harry Harris
1875–1963
Clara Welty
1880–1930
James Elmer Harris
1904–
Charles Ralph Harris
1907–1988
Beaulah Harris
1907–2006
Nancy Margaret Harris
1909–2001
Floy Mae Harris
1911–
Dorothy Ernestine Harris
1916–2005

Sources (6)

  • Ralph Harris in household of D H Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ralph Charles Harris, "Colorado, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
  • Ralph C Harris, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1909 · Garden of the Gods Park

In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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