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Roy Elmore Harris

Roy Elmore Harris

Male 1895 - 1986  (90 years)

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  • Name Roy Elmore Harris  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 02 Dec 1895  Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Aug 1986  La Verkin, Washington, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I2330  Grow
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2012 

    Father Joseph Green Harris,   b. 26 Mar 1875, Pettis, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Anna Lee Treece,   b. 02 Apr 1877, Saline, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1976, St George, Washington, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Family ID F1006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Vilate DeLand,   b. 19 Dec 1901, Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1966, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1917  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Roy Elmore Harris, Jr.,   b. 11 Apr 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Feb 1988, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Gladys Mae Harris,   b. 31 May 1921, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Dec 1997, Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Joseph Greenleaf Harris,   b. 28 Jun 1922, Magna, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 2000, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     4. Richard Thomas Harris,   b. 15 Jan 1924, Magna, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 2016, Parowan, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     5. Russell Eugene Harris,   b. 03 Jul 1925, Magna, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 2006, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     6. Ruby Vilate Harris,   b. 10 Oct 1926, Magna, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 2006  (Age 79 years)
     7. Anna Rose Harris
     8. William Robert Harris
     9. Patricia Jo Ann Harris
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2012 
    Family ID F781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Oct 1917 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Aug 1986 - La Verkin, Washington, Utah Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Roy Elmore Harris    		Roy Elmore Harris
    Posted to familysearch.org by HarrisCarolineEstelle1

  • Notes 
    • Roy Elmore Harris (taken from Book of Remembrance)
      Contributed By leslie jean moore · 26 January 2014 · 0 Comments
      The first important thing in my life was my joining the US Army the 30th March 1917. After service in San Francisco and Chico, California, my company was sent to Magna, Utah, where I met and married my wonderful wife.
      After returning from over-seas duty, we lived in Salt Lake City and Magna, Utah until my health went bad and we moved to Mesa, Arizona in October 1927. We had six children by this time. The fine warm sunshine and clear air of Arizona helped me immediately, thus improving my health.
      We attended the dedication of the Mesa Temple the latter part of October of 1927. After many years in Mesa 4th Ward membership, the second World War came along and our 4 older boys were drafted into the Armed Forces as they came out of high school. Because of this, we sold our little farm and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in the spring of 1945, where I entered the cabinet shop business; I had worked at the carpenter trade most of the years we lived in Mesa. During my life in Phoenix, I filled two Stake missions from the Phoenix First Ward. I was ordained a High Priest in 1955 and was made Group leader. I served as chairman of the Ward Genealogical Committee, for two years and had the usual number of teaching assignments etc.
      In June of 1958, our baby, Patricia was married in the Mesa Temple. About the middle of September, on a Saturday morning, about 8 AM, we received a telephone call from Brother Mendenhall, which changed our whole pattern of life. A call to go to New Zealand on a Work Mission. We left home on the 18 October 1958 and flew to New Zealand on a TWA Constellation.
      The most wonderful experience of recent years has come to me while in New Zealand. I was called and set apart as an Ordinance Worker in the New Zealand Temple; an experience I never expected would come to me.
      In addition to acting as group leader in the Joinery and filling my Temple assignment twice a week, Martha and I traveled a lot on Genealogical assignments. We went into the wards and branches as a team of four, Sis. D'Addabbo, Sis. King, Martha and I. We each handled a different aspect of the work. My assignment was usually the pedigree chart. We certainly had the spirit of the Lord with us on these occasions and never once were we delayed by car trouble, never even had a flat tire in two years. We also were called upon to speak at several Senior Aaronic schools, which were held in the different wards and branches in our Stake.
      We also were called to do Stake Missionary work, but at the end of four months the Stake was divided and our being in the new Hamilton Stake we were released and called back into Genealogy work.
      One of the things about a foreign Mission is the closeness of the people. We really came to love each other.

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security;), Number: 527-10-1656; Issue State: Arizona; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Birth date: 2 Dec 1897 Birth place: Death date: Aug 1986 Death place: La Verkin, Washington, Utah, United States of America

    2. [S77] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi;), Registration Location: Tulsa County, Oklahoma; Roll: 1852240; Draft Board: 0.
      Birth date: 2 Dec 1895 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Tulsa, Oklahoma

    3. [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Alma, Maricopa, Arizona; Roll: 58; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 718.0.
      Birth date: abt 1899 Birth place: Kansas Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Alma, Maricopa, Arizona

    4. [S83] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1866; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 880.
      Birth date: abt 1897 Birth place: California Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah

    5. [S90] Public Member Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.

    6. [S97] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: T623_499; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 276.
      Birth date: Dec 1896 Birth place: Kansas Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas


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