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Harris, Harvey Pope

Male 1889 - 1976  (87 years)


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  • Name Harris, Harvey Pope 
    Born 24 Jan 1889  Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Jul 1976  Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 

    • The following transcription is based on a digital image of an obituary supplied by Charles D. Harris.

           Harvey P. Harris, 87, of Godfry, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Hospital.
           He was a retired electrician who worked out of I.B.E.W. Local 649.
           He married the former Bertha Fiegenbaum who died Aug. 4, 1968.
           Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Frye of Wood River; two sons, Richard W. Harris of Godfrey, and Warren H. Harris of Mascoutah; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
           Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Quinn Funeral Home.
           Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Doyle Long.
           Burial will be in Alton City Cemetery.
    Buried 3 Aug 1976  Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • Harvey was buried beside his wife in Alton Cemetery (in the Old Yard section, lot 54).
    Person ID I4196  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Harris, William Lee,   b. 18 May 1832, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1891, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Pope, Elizabeth,   b. 15 Jul 1845, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1937  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1869  [1, 6] 
    Family ID F2088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Bertha Clara,   b. 10 Sep 1891, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1968, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1922  Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Harvey and Bertha were married in the home of Bertha's parents, at 628 Henry Street.
    Children 
     1. Harris, Margaret Helen,   b. 8 Aug 1924, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 2012, Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Harris, Warren Harvey,   b. 18 May 1926, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1979, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +3. Harris, Richard Norman,   b. 16 Sep 1927, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 2011, Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Harvey Pope Harris, child of William Harris and Elizabeth Pope, was born on 24 January 1889 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Harvey Pope Harris died on 31 July 1976 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois.

    3. [S113] Web site, ILGenWeb. Tombstone Insription Project. Alton Cemetery.
      Greary-Harrison, part 1. 2007. (http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/madison/cemeteries/alton/alton-harr1.txt). Accessed October 2008.
           Name: Harris, Harvey P.; Date of death: 31 July 1976; Place of death: Alton, Illinois; Undertaker: Quinn; Grave location: Old Yard, lot 54. Shared burial lot with Bertha F. Harris.

    4. [S104] Personal communication, from Charles Dean Harris on 19 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      Digital image of an obituary for "Harvey P. Harris" from an unidentified and undated newspaper.

    5. [S104] Personal communication, from Charles Dean Harris on 19 September 2008 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      Digital image of an obituary for "Harvey P. Harris" from an unidentified and undated newspaper.
           "Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Doyle Long.
           Burial will be in Alton City Cemetery."

    6. [S199] Charles Dean Harris, The Story of the Warren H. Harris Family and its American Ancestry, revised edtion (Charles D. Harris, 2005), pages 3-4.
      "William Harris married Miss Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Pope (1845-1937) on October 20, 1869."
           Although a place of marriage is not explicitedly stated, the context implies that the wedding took place in Alton, Illinois.

    7. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Harvey Harris and Bertha Fiegenbaum were married. No date or place of marriage given.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Harvey Pope Harris and Bertha Clara Fiegenbaum were married on 15 November 1922 at Alton, Madison County, Illinois.

    9. [S199] Charles Dean Harris, The Story of the Warren H. Harris Family and its American Ancestry, revised edtion (Charles D. Harris, 2005), page 7.
      "...Bertha Fiegenbaum, married Harvey Harris on November 15, 1922 in her father's house at 628 Henry Street in Alton and effectively brought together these early families of Illinois."

    10. [S104] Personal communication, from Charles Dean Harris to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 19 September 2008 via email.
      Digital image of an obituary for "Harvey P. Harris" from an unidentified and undated newspaper.
           "He married the former Bertha Fiegenbaum who died Aug. 4, 1968."

    11. [S104] Personal communication, from Charles Dean Harris to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 19 September 2008 via email.
      Digital image of an obituary for "Mrs. Bertha F. Harris" from an unidentified newspaper dated Monday, 5 August 1968.
           "Her marriage to Harvey Harris, who survives, took place in 1922 in Alton."


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