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Corrie Bell Harris

Corrie Bell Harris



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  1. 1.  Corrie Bell HarrisCorrie Bell Harris was born in in Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Black
    • Race: Negro
    • Name: Carrie B Harris
    • Name: Carrie B Harris Harris
    • Name: Carrie Unknown
    • Name: Corrie Fielde
    • Name: Corrie Fields
    • Name: Harrie Phields
    • Residence: 1913; Age: 22
    • Residence: 1935, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Federal Street; 45 Age: 45; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 36; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 51-1328; GradeCompleted: High School, 3rd year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

    Family/Spouse: Ernest Garfield Phields, I. Ernest (son of Charles Phields and Ibbe Phields) was born on 15 Sep 1882 in Guilford, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Dec 1963 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ernest Gilbert Phields, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 3. James Marshall Phields  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Feb 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 4. Corrie Phields  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1914 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Aug 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ernest Gilbert Phields, IIErnest Gilbert Phields, II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Corrie1) was born on 10 May 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: Negro
    • Name: Eoniese G Phields
    • Name: Ernest Fielde
    • Name: Ernest Fields
    • Name: Ernest G Phields
    • Name: Ernest G. Phields Jr
    • Residence: 1935, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; StreetAddress: Federal Street; 27 Age: 27; Clerk Claims Dept Occupation: Clerk Claims Dept; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 36; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 51-1328; GradeCompleted: College, 5th or subsequent year; HoursWorked: 40; Income: 1860; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 52; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
    • Newspaper Clipping: 16 Jul 1947, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Murder-Suicide
    • Newspaper Clipping: 16 Jul 1947, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Murder-Suicide

    Ernest married Miriam Elizabeth Garrett on 11 May 1940 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA. Miriam (daughter of James Edward Garrett and Bessie Lee Blalock) was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Lee Phields  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. 6. Ernest Garrett Phields, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.

  2. 3.  James Marshall PhieldsJames Marshall Phields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Corrie1) was born on 19 Feb 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 4.  Corrie PhieldsCorrie Phields Descendancy chart to this point (1.Corrie1) was born on 25 Mar 1914 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Aug 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Elizabeth Lee PhieldsElizabeth Lee Phields Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ernest2, 1.Corrie1) was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Overton
    • Name: Elizabeth P Overton
    • Residence: 1985, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 2008, Lewisberry, York, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 2010, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Elizabeth "Betsy" Overton, 77 of Harrisburg passed March 23, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Miriam "Betty" Phields. Betsy was the Chief, Division of Field Operations for the Deptartment of Public Welfare and retired with over 30 years of dedicated service from the Commonwealth. She was a member of Wesley Union AME Zion Church, a Master Gardener and enjoyed reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

    Betsy leaves her family
    Miriam (Kelley) Phields,
    Phil (Cathy) Overton,
    Delores Fisher,
    grandson, Philip R. Overton
    and a host of family and friends.

    Services will be held at Hooper Memorial Home, Inc. on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 11 a.m., visitation 10 a.m., burial William Howard Day Cemetery.

    Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on Mar. 27, 2018

    Family/Spouse: William M. Overton. William was born on 17 Apr 1921 in Elizabeth City, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Nov 1996 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 6.  Ernest Garrett Phields, IIIErnest Garrett Phields, III Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ernest2, 1.Corrie1) was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.



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