George Bertrand Harris Jr.1

b. 10 November 1900, d. 27 September 1963
George Bertrand Harris Jr.|b. 10 Nov 1900\nd. 27 Sep 1963|p166.htm|George Bertrand Harris|b. Oct 1861\nd. 1906|p162.htm|Ella Diggs|b. Jul 1874\nd. 8 Jun 1960|p155.htm|||||||William H. Diggs|b. Dec 1849\nd. 1918|p127.htm|Laura J. Underwood|b. 10 Aug 1850\nd. 16 Apr 1938|p17.htm|

1st cousin 1 time removed of Louise Underwood.
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
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Bertie Harris
     George Bertrand Harris Jr. was born on 10 November 1900 in Texas.2,1 He was the son of George Bertrand Harris and Ella Diggs.1 He married first Yvonne Brown circa 1922.3 He married second Elizabeth Curley on 12 July 1940 in Brazoria County, Texas.4 He died on 27 September 1963 in Brazoria County, Texas, at age 62.5,2 He was buried in Old Columbia Cemetery, West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas.2 Click to view image
     
     Bertie was a brilliant man who was studying medicine at Tulane when he fell "head over heels" for Yvonne. He dropped out of school and returned to Brazoria County with his wife and son sometime between 1924 and 1928, where he was for years the editor of the Angleton Times. Yvonne left him, and although he married again in 1940, the writer only remembers him living with his mother in Angleton, and has no recollection of a wife. I adored him, I hope because he adored me rather than because he gave me a silver dollar at each visit.

Additional Data
Bertrand Harris appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of his mother Ella D. Harris.1 Click to view image

Bertie Harris appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of his mother Ella D. Harris.6 Click to view image

George B. and Yvonne Harris appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated 3 April 1930. Their children Robert and Donald were listed as living with them.3 Click to view image

Children of George Bertrand Harris Jr. and Yvonne Brown

Citations

  1. [S50] Ella D. Harris household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Angleton, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 1A-B/1-2, dwelling 13, family 13; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1534.
  2. [S1124] George Bertrand Harris Jr tombstone, Harris plot, Old Columbia Cemetery, West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas; photographed by the writer on 9 June 2007.
  3. [S37] George B. Harris household, 1930 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, Mulberry Street, Angleton city, enumeration district (ED) 20-1, sheet 3A/3, dwelling 51, family 59; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 2301.
  4. [S2] Brazoria County Marriage Book 13: 141, no. 281, County Clerk's Office, Angleton, Texas.
  5. [S1132] Texas Department of Health, Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000 (Austin: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, unknown publish date), George Bertrand Harris entry citing Certificate 55301.
  6. [S38] Ella D. Harris household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, J.P. 1, Angleton City, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 37B, dwelling 151, family 159; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1774.