Individual Details

1910, Hopkins Co, Cumby. R. W. Harris age 48, married 17 years. b. Missouri as were his parents. Retail Hardware Merchant. V. H., wife, age 37, married 17 years, b. TX, father b. NC, mother b. VA. Harris Connor, age 3, Nephew.

1920, Harris Connor, age 13, was still living with his aunt & uncle. His remarried father was enumerated on the same page.

1940 Census. Precinct 1, Houston, Harris, TX, Hh 74
1716 Albans Rd - In 1935 they were living in Cleveland, Cyahoga Co, OH
W. Harris Connor, age 33, b. TX, medical doctor, private practice
Marjorie E., wife, 31, b. OH
Nancy E., dau, age 2, b. TX
Homer Dodson, Lodger, age 25, b. TX, office worker, oil refining industry

1950 Census. West University Place, Harris Co, TX, Hh 406
William H. Connor, 43, b. TX, Physician
Marjorie, wife, 42, b. Ohio
Nancy E., dau, 12, b. TX
William H., Jr., son, 7, b. TX
Robert C., son, 1, b. TX

Zelda Mae, so often mentioned in letters between Jennie Holderness Harris and Joseph B. Haden, was a first cousin of Harris Connor, who was raised by his Aunt Jennie.

29 Aug 1962. William Harris Connor arrived in Houston from Amsterdam aboard flight KLM-669. His address was 1932 Chimney Rock Road, Houston, TX.

Texas Death Certificate #82058
William Harris Connor, died 15 Sep 1981 in Houston TX. He died of aspiration as a consequence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) He was born 3 Nov 1906. His address was 1932 Chimney Rock in Houston. He was a physician, widowed. His parents were William Ellie Connor and Mary Katherine Holderness. Buried on September 18th at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.

Find A Grave Memorial# 40449360
Buried Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co, TX
On the 1920 Census, Harris was listed in Cumby, Texas living with his Uncle and Aunt Harris just a few doors down from his father. He was a Doctor of Dermatology. He was a Professor of Medicine at Western Reserve Universtiy in Cleveland, Ohio and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch as salutatorian. He was President of the Dermatological Society of Texas. He served in the Medical Corp of the Army during WWII in the European Theater. He received his commission on 10/13/1942, and was discharged 02/24/1946 with a bronze cross. He was a member of SPEBSQSA, a Houston barbershop quartet group and sang in the St Paul's Methodist Church choir.

Birth	3 Nov 1906	Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas
Marriage	18 Jul 1933	Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - Marjorie Eleanor Cocanour
Death	15 Sep 1981	Houston, Harris County, Texas

Spouse	Marjorie Eleanor Cocanour (1908 - 1963)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Susan Lee Connor (1952 - 2006)

Father	William Ellie Connor MD (1872 - 1932)
Mother	Mary Katherine Holderness (1879 - 1908)