The Brown Tree » Robert Crawford HARRIS (1901-1978)
Personal data Robert Crawford HARRIS
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- He was born on May 8, 1901 in Dundalk, Louth, Ireland.Sources 2, 6, 7
- Resident:
- in the year 1963: Plymouth, Hampshire, Devon, Cornwall.Source 4
- in the year 1936: Plymstock, Norfolk, Essex, Berkshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Glamorganshire, Wales (1880-1946).Source 4
- in the year 1937: Plymouth, Norfolk, Essex, Berkshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Glamorganshire, Wales (1880-1946).Source 4
- on April 2, 1911: Ballynahinch, Down, Ireland.Source 2
- He died on December 8, 1978 in Plymouth, Devon, England, he was 77 years old.Sources 5, 7
- A child of Joseph HARRIS and Annie HENRY
Household of Robert Crawford HARRIS
He is married to Gwendoline Harnell CLARK.
They got married on July 5, 1924 at St Germans, Cornwall, he was 23 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Moya P HARRIS 1934-1934
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Sources
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- Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14 / Ancestry.com
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- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday May 8, 1901
- The temperature on May 8, 1901 was between 3.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
- February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
- March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
- December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of marriage July 5, 1924
- The temperature on July 5, 1924 was between 11.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
- June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
- June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
- August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
- September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
- December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of death December 8, 1978
- The temperature on December 8, 1978 was between -2.7 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
- July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
- July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
- August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
- October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
- December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Same birth/death day
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- 1899 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
- 1899 » Jacques Heim, French fashion designer († 1967)
- 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
- 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
- 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
- 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
- 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
- 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
- 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
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- 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P436.php : accessed January 16, 2026), "Robert Crawford HARRIS (1901-1978)".