Brief Life History of Harry Upson
When Harry Upson Camp was born on 21 November 1895, in Coginchaug, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Gilbert Camp, was 25 and his mother, Grace Frances Upson, was 23. He married Adra Cordelia Powers on 6 June 1922, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1895 and Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died in November 1967, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Main Street Cemetery, Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Harry U Camp, "United States Census, 1940"
- Harry Upson Camp, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Harry Upson Camp, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
Spouse and Children
1895–1967 Male
1899–1983 Female
Children (2)
1923–1997 Male
1925–2010 Female
Parents and Siblings
1870–1899 Male
1872–1922 Female
Siblings (1)
1895–1967 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 3
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 21
Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van de Camp) and North German: from camp ‘enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land, field’, from Latin campus ‘plain’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a field. Compare Kamp .
English: from Middle English kempe ‘warrior’; see Kemp . The spelling Camp may be due to the influence of Old English camp ‘battle’ and campian ‘to fight’, or of Old French campion ‘warrior, champion’.
French: mainly southern form of Champ .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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