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.
- August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
- August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
- September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
- October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
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 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
- September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
- October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
- November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
- December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
- 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 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
- April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
- July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
- August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
- August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
- November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
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- 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)
- 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
- 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 19, 2026), "Robert Crawford HARRIS (1901-1978)".