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Pearl M Harmon 1902 - 2001

Pearl M (Higgins) Harmon of Eastham, Barnstable County, MA was born on August 20, 1902 in Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia United States, and died at age 99 years old on October 26, 2001 at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, FL. Pearl Harmon was buried at Woodside Cemetery in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA.
Pearl M (Higgins) Harmon
Pearl M Higgins
Eastham, Barnstable County, MA 02642
August 20, 1902
Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
October 26, 2001
Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
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  • Introduction

    Pearl's father was Pink Monroe Higgins, born about 1868 in North Carolina. He died in 1952. Her mother was Mary Higgins, born in September 1869 in Virginia. She died May 8 1945. She had siblings Sarah R, Charles Greever, Cora, Minnie, William M., and James, Mamie and Mattie, and George Crocket. Pearl married on June 26 1918 in Bandy Virginia and had a daughter, Irene Delphia Harmon, 1920 - 1991. In the 1910 census, Pearl age 9 was living with her parents Pink, 43, and Mary, 41, and siblings Greever C. age 19, Cora age 16, Minnie age 14, William age 12, James age 7, Mamie age 5, and Mattie age 3. Pink was a farmer and son Greever was a laborer. According to her Oct 31 2001 obituary in the Tampa Bay Times, Pearl was 101 at the time of her death. She moved to Florida from Randolph MA in 1980. Episode 177 of the television show Friends was dedicated to Pearl. It's believed she was a relative of a script writer for that episode.
  • 08/20
    1902

    Birthday

    August 20, 1902
    Birthdate
    Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Caucasian
  • Nationality & Locations

    US citizen born in Virginia.
  • Early Life & Education

    According to the 1910 census, Pearl was attending school at age 9
  • Religious Beliefs

    Protestant according to her obituary
  • Professional Career

    Her obituary says that she was a housewife
  • 10/26
    2001

    Death

    October 26, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Woodside Cemetery in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts 02673, United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Pearl M Harmon passed away on October 26, 2001 in Eastham, Massachusetts at 99 years old. She was buried in Woodside Cemetery, Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She was born on August 20, 1902 in Bandy, Virginia. According to her obituary in the Tampa Bay Times on Oct 18 2001, Pearl was survived by 3 grandchildren - Paul J Le Blanc, Marica Farley, and Karen Le Blanc, 10 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
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In 1902, in the year that Pearl M Harmon was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1927, Pearl was 25 years old when 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.
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