Brief Life History of Alice Elizabeth
When Alice Elizabeth Harris was born in 1862, in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Harris, was 47 and her mother, Mary Smith, was 38. She married Alfred Nightingale in 1885, in Hampshire-Cross, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.
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Sources (5)
- Alice Nightingale, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alice Elizabeth Harris - Government record: birth: 8 November 1862; Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Alice E Harris in household of Thomas Harris, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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Children (8)
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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