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EARNEST JAMES HARPER (b.9/29/1903 d.5/29/1980) married ETTA MARIE SHOEMAKER (b.9/22/1909 d.9/13/2001)
Associated SurnamesAkers, Jimpson/Jamison, Shoemaker, Wells:Blake, Boley, Goines, Morris: Hostetler, Smith, Walker: Barlow, Beasley, Church, Dominick, Hall, Howell, Prieur, White, Wicker, Swanson : Cunningham, George, Hogge, Payne, Whitehead: Badger: Anderson, Cooper, DeHart: Creech, Justin: Fouch, Hutchins : Puckett:
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EARNEST JAMES HARPER (b.9/29/1903 d.5/29/1980) Estill,Powell Co; "Furnance"/Ravenna, KY 40472 EARNEST JAMES HARPER (b.9/29/1903 d.5/29/1980) Estill,Powell Co; "Furnance"/Ravenna, KY 40472  [NOTE: As told to me by my Uncle Claude, as told to him by his father, Earnest, when he was a young boy. Earnest told Claude that his last name really is "HOPPER". That Earnest's mother (Callie Brooks) changed her children's last name, alledgedly illegally, to "HARPER" after her marriage to Walter Hopper ended. So, I obtained a copy of Earnest's social security card application, and, discovered that Earnest provided the following information. Unless it was an oversight or falsification of his father's last name, the application did not confirm the alledged name-change from Hopper to Harper, as Earnest listed his father's name as Harper, not Hopper. However, many of the Harper children (which includes my mother, Mary) have heard this to be true and factual. Whether or not it can be proven remains to be seen:
From an original copy of the U.S. Social Secuirty Act Application for Account Number, Form SS-5; Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Revised July 1937:
Employee's First Name: EARNEST Last Name: HARPER Post Office: Furnance, KY Business Name of Present Employer: Unemployed Age at Last Birthdate: 34 DOB: 09/29/1903 Place of Birth: Clay Lick, Montgomery Co, KY Father's Full Name: WALKER HARPER Mother's Full Name: CALLIE DONA BROOKS Sex: Male Color: White Date Signed: 6/11/1938 Earnest's Father Side:
Earnest's Mother Side:
Harper Children and Wife LinksIrene: 1st daughter, 1st of 9 childrenDoris: 2nd daughter, 2nd of 9 children Mary: 3rd daughter, 3rd of 9 children (my mother) Betty: 4th daughter, 4th of 9 children Ruth: 5th daughter , 5th of 9 children Claude: 1st son, 6th of 9 children Roy: 2nd son, 7th of 9 children Bonnie: 6th daughter, 8th of 9 children Judy: 7th daughter, 9th of 9 children Etta Marie (Shoemaker) Harper: Wife of Earnest James Harper Return to Homepage
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