Joseph Wesley Harper

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Joseph Wesley Harper

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New York, NY, United States
Death: September 10, 1963 (60)
San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States (Heart Attack)
Place of Burial: Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. William Armitage Harper and Olive Emily Harper Grismer
Husband of Cecilia Hoyt Harper and Constance Hamlin Harper
Father of John Wesley Harper; Private and Private
Half brother of Edith Harper; Barton Beecher Harper; Henry Ward Beecher Harper; Margaret Humphreys Harper; Susan Sage Harper and 2 others

Occupation: Businessman, Philanthropist, Secretary-Treasurer of the Motion Picture Associates, Co-Producer of "The Ten Commandments", Trustee of the Cecil B. De Mille Trust Fund
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Immediate Family

About Joseph Wesley Harper

Grandson of Joseph Wesley Harper of the Harper Brothers Publishing house. He was a Los Angeles area Businessman, Philanthropist, Secretary-Treasurer of the Motion Picture Associates, Co-Producer of The Ten Commandments, and Trustee of the Cecil B. De Mille Trust Fund.


1920 United States Federal Census about Joseph W Harper

Name: Joseph W Harper

Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 11, New York, New York

Age: 16

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904

Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Step Son [Stepson]

Father's Birth Place: New York

Mother's name: Olive E Grismer

Mother's Birth Place: New York

Marital Status: Single

Race: White

Sex: Male

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Household Members:

Name Age

Joseph R Grismer 70

Olive E Grismer 41

Olive E Grismer 4 [4 6/12]

Joseph W Harper 16

Dora Neilson 60

Iris Linda 19

Alice Rose 34


1930 United States Federal Census about Joseph W Harper

Name: Joseph W Harper

Home in 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Age: 26

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904

Birthplace: New York

Relation to Head of House: Head

Spouse's Name: Constance Harper

Race: White

Household Members:

Name Age

Joseph W Harper 26

Constance Harper 22

John W Harper 6/12

Nellie B Preston 49


Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 about Joseph Wesley Harper

Name: Joseph Wesley Harper

Age: 34

Birth Date: abt 1904

Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1938

Marriage Location: Jackson, Missouri

Marriage County: Jackson

Spouse Name: Cecilia De Mille Calvin

Spouse Age: 29


California Death Record:

HARPER JOSEPH W

Birth: 05/24/1903

Death: SAN DIEGO 09/10/1963 60 yrs

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Joseph Wesley Harper's Timeline

1903
May 24, 1903
New York, NY, United States
1929
September 6, 1929
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
1963
September 10, 1963
Age 60
San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, United States