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Personal data Arthur Ransom Harkness 


Household of Arthur Ransom Harkness

He is married to Eleanor Jane Seely.

They got married on January 30, 1908 at Raddle home, Grant Twp., Winnebago Co., IA, he was 25 years old.

Arthur Ransom Harkness oo Eleanor Jane Seely

Marriage source: Author: Sparks, Clinton A., Title: Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA census, (Publication location: Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA, Publisher: U.S. Gov't, Publication date: xvii Mar MMXX), Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"1, FM, 19, 19, Harnkess, Arthur R., Head 1, Rents, male, white, ae 37, married, can read/write, b. WI, parents b. WI, able to speak Eng., Farmer, Farm, OA, Farm sched. 28
2, Eleanor, Wife, fem, white, ae 30, married, can read/write, b. IA, parents b. IA, can speak Eng.
3. Charles, Son, male, ae 12, single, in school, can read/write, b. IA, fath b. WI, moth b. IA, can speak Eng. ..."

Buffalo Ctr. [IA] Trib. Vol. 68, # 19, 7 Sept 1961, Pg. 1? Cols. 5 & 5

[Col. 4]

"Art K. Harkness Died, Rites Held Here Monday ...
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Mr. Arthur R. Harkness ...
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in 1891, the family moved to a farm eight miles southeast of Buffalo Center where he grew into manhood. ... On January 30, 1908, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Jane Seeley of Iowa Falls at his parents home in Buffalo Center ..."

The 1900 census has Arthur a step-son at the home of F. J. Raddle in Grant Twp. Winnebago Co. IA
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Child(ren):

  1. Ruby Irene Harkness  1910-2007


Notes about Arthur Ransom Harkness

Arthur Ransom Harkness

Source: Author: Sparks, Clinton A., Title: Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA census, (Publication loation: Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA, Publisher: U.S. Gov't, Publication date: xvii Mar MMXX), Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"1, FM, 19, 19, Harnkess, Arthur R., Head 1, Rents, male, white, ae 37, married, can read/write, b. WI, parents b. WI, able to speak Eng., Farmer, Farm, OA, Farm sched. 28
2, Eleanor, Wife, fem, white, ae 30, married, can read/write, b. IA, parents b. IA, can speak Eng.
3. Charles, Son, male, ae 12, single, in school, can read/write, b. IA, fath b. WI, moth b. IA, can speak Eng.
4. Ruby, Daug., fem, white, ae 10, single, in school, can read/write, b. IA, fath. b. WI, moth b. IA, can speak Eng.
5. Merrill A, Son, male, white, ae 2, single, b. IA, fath. b. WI, moth b. IA"

Buffalo Ctr. [IA] Trib. Vol. 68, # 19, 7 Sept 1961, Pg. 1? Cols. 5 & 5

[Col. 4]

"Art K. Harkness Died, Rites Held Here Monday

Funeral services were held at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center on Monday, September 4, 1961 for Mr. Arthur R. Harkness with the pastor, Rev. George Kots in charge. Mr. Harkness passed away at the home of his son-in-law anddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sleper Friday, September 1, 1961. He was 78 years, 9 months and 25 days of age.

Interment took place at the Union Cemetery at Iowa Falls, Iowa. Pallbearers were Anton Rank, Jake Mastin, R. T. DeVries, Sr., Frank Elwood, K. H. Elman and Harold Bohl.

Arthur R. Harkness, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Harkness, was born in Kansasville, Wisconsin on November 6, 1882. His parents moved to Raymond, South Dakota shortly thereafter, where his father died. His mother then married Mr. FrankRaddle. When was still a small boy, in 1891, the family moved to a farm eight miles southeast of Buffalo Center where he grew into manhood.

On January 30, 1908, he was united in marriage to Eleanor Jane Seeley of Iowa Falls at his parents home in Buffalo Center They resided in this community until 1935 when they moved to Hubbard, Iowa where he was preceded in death by hiswife on August 14, 1936. He returned to Buffalo Center in 1938 where he spent his remaining years with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Albert Sleper, Jr.

He is survived by three children, Merrill of Albuquerque New Mexico, Charles of Thompson, Iowa, and Ruby of Buffalo Center; three brothers, Earl of Des Moines, Lester of Rock Rapids, and William of St. Paul

[Col. 5]

Minnesota; six grandchildren and iree great grandchildren; and a host of friends.

Relatives attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and ilrs. Lester Raddle and Larry of lock Rapids, Mrs. Gordon Blakey of Sherburn, Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harkness of Des Moines, Miss Marjorie Harkness of Greeley, Colorado,Mrs. James ^harlson and Rose and Alice McGuire of Forest City, Merrill larkness of Albuquerque, New VIexico, Glen Harkness of Minneipolis, Minn., William Raddle of St. Paul, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. D e n n i s Knoner of Siloam Springs, Arkansas."

Author: NN (anonymous), Title: MyHeritage Record Matches," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: MyHeritage, Publication date: iv Feb MMXVIII)

"In WikiTree:
Arthur Ransom Harkness Birth: Nov 6 1882 - Kansasville, Racine County, WI Death: Sep 1 1961 - Buffalo Center, Iowa, USA

Parents: William Henry Harkness, Jr., Lucina Harkness
Wife: Eleanor A. Harkness

Children: Charles L. Harkness, Ruby Harkness

Siblings: Earl L. Harkness, Pearl McGuire"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Arthur Ransom Harkness

Arthur Ransom Harkness
1882-1961

1908

Eleanor Jane Seely
1890-1936

Ruby Irene Harkness
1910-2007

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Birthday November 6, 1882

  • The temperature on November 6, 1882 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Day of marriage January 30, 1908

  • The temperature on January 30, 1908 was between -0.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
    • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

Day of death September 1, 1961

  • The temperature on September 1, 1961 was between 16.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
    • June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
    • September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
    • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
    • October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
    • December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.


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