Brief Life History of Myrtle Louisa
When Myrtle Louisa Harris was born on 21 June 1893, in Iuka, Tyler, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Sanderson Harris, was 28 and her mother, Mary Minerva Snider, was 26. She married Walter Maywood Mott on 3 December 1917, in Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Green District, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died in July 1978, in Pine Grove, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Knights of Pythias Cemetery, Hastings, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.
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Sources (16)
- E Myrtle Harris in household of William S Harris, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mertle L Mott in household of Walter M Mott, "United States Census, 1930"
- Myrtle Louisa Harris, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
Spouse and Children
1894–1950 Male
1893–1978 Female
Children (4)
1918–1928 Male
1920–2000 Female
1922–2012 Female
1925–1995 Male
Parents and Siblings
1865–1934 Male
1866–1942 Female
Siblings (8)
1889–1950 Female
1891–1892
1893–1978 Female
1895–1986 Male
1897–1972 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 3
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 5
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 23
Name Meaning
English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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