Harold Francis Bergan
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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  1. 1. Summary
  2. 2. Biography & Family History
  3. 3. Family Tree & Genealogy
  4. 4. Obituary
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Harold Francis Bergan (1899 - 1965)

Harold Francis Bergan, father to 2 children, was born around December 31, 1899 in Albany, New York. He was born to Matthew Bergan and Mary Francis (Von Eich) Bergan, with sibling Irene. He married Evelyn Mae (Hornbeck) Bergan. and they gave birth to Doreen Marie (Bergan) Wiltse and Jeanette (Bergan) Young. Harold died on November 6, 1965 in Los Angeles, California at age 65. He was buried in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section A-E Site 846, San Diego, California.

Military service:
Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War I.
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Married Evelyn 5/18/1921 in Los Angeles, CA

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Birth

 in Albany, Albany County, New York United States

Death

 on in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States

Cause of death

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Burial / Funeral

Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section A-E Site 846, P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, California

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Average Age

Harold Francis Bergan lived 7 years shorter than the average Bergan family member when he died at the age of 65.

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Family

Father: Matthew Bergan
Mother: Mary Francis (Von Eich) Bergan
Siblings: Irene Bergan

Wife: Evelyn Mae (Hornbeck) Bergan
Children with Evelyn: Doreen Marie (Bergan) Wiltse and Jeanette (Bergan) Young

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Branch of service: Us Army
Rank attained: PFC
Wars/Conflicts: World War I

Middle name

Francis

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1899 - In the year that Harold Francis Bergan was born, on February 14th, the first voting machines were approved by Congress for use in federal elections. Several states were already using voting machines in their elections and the Federal government was finally convinced of their safety and accuracy.

1908 - At the age of merely 9 years old, Harold was alive when President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.

1917 - He was 18 years old when Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy.

1927 - He was 28 years old when aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.

1965 - In the year of Harold Francis Bergan's passing, on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in the country.

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Harold Francis Bergan, father to 2 children, died on November 6, 1965 in Los Angeles, California at 65 years old. No cause of death has been listed. He was buried in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section A-E Site 846, San Diego, California. He was born around December 31, 1899 in Albany, New York. He was born to Matthew Bergan and Mary Francis (Von Eich) Bergan, with sibling Irene. Harold married Evelyn Mae (Hornbeck) Bergan. and they gave birth to Doreen Marie (Bergan) Wiltse and Jeanette (Bergan) Young.

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