Melvina (Snelson) Harris (1885 - 1979)

Born 25 Aug 1885 in Ozark County, Missouri, United States

Died 11 Jul 1979 at age 93 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Melvina was born in 1885. Melvina Snelson was the daughter of Thomas Snelson and Elizabeth Beasley.

She married Francis Marion Harris about 1902. They were the parents of Elva, Edgar, Edna and Ralph.

She passed away in 1979. She is buried at Park Grove Cemetery in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10259720/melvina-harris : accessed 04 October 2021), memorial page for Melvina “Vina” Snelson Harris (1885–11 Jul 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10259720, citing Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Michael (contributor 47208077) .

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML77-P6T : accessed 4 October 2021), Vina Harris in household of Frank M Harris, Lone Star, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 241, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 1,375,290.

Frank M Harris Head Male 32 Missouri

Vina Harris Wife Female 24 Missouri

Elva Harris Daughter Female 7 Oklahoma

Edcar Harris Son Male 0 Missouri

Edna Harris Daughter Female 5 Missouri

Ralph Harris Son Male 1 Missouri

Richard Coonce Cousin Male 42 Missouri

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ93-KKT : 3 February 2021), Melvina Harris in entry for Francis M Harris, 1920. Wagoner, Okla.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC4B-K25 : accessed 4 October 2021), Vina M Harris in household of Frank M Harris, Lone Star, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 1B, line 93, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1937; FHL microfilm 2,341,671.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBKR-FMQ : 5 January 2021), Vina Harris in household of Francis M Harris, Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72-5, sheet 61A, line 30, family 619, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3336.