Harold Russell
Birth Name: Harold John Avery Russell
Date of Birth: January 14, 1914
Place of Birth: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of Death: January 29, 2002
Place of Death: Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Ethnicity: English
Harold Russell was a Canadian-American World War II veteran and actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Harold was the son of Gertrude Mary Arlett (Croucher) and Harold John Russell. His parents were from Newfoundland. He moved with his family to Massachusetts in 1921.
Harold’s paternal grandparents were James Russell and Ethel Avery.
Harold’s maternal grandparents were John Thomas Croucher and Eliza Mary Pike. John and Eliza were English. John was born in Alton, Hampshire. Eliza was born in London.
Sources: Genealogy of Harold Russell (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
Harold Russell on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Harold’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
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