Elizabeth Harris

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Harris was born in 1776, in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Harris, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Earl, was 31. She married Joseph Taylor on 14 September 1797, in Astley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 11 daughters. She died on 16 February 1866, in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90, and was buried in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Taylor
1772–1846
Elizabeth Harris
1776–1866
Marriage: 14 September 1797
Mary Taylor
1798–
Frances Taylor
1801–1801
Charlotte Taylor
1801–
Joseph Taylor
1801–1861
John Taylor
1805–1880
Elizabeth Taylor
1809–
Maria Taylor
1811–
Charles Taylor
1813–
Hannah Taylor
1813–
Charlotte Harpwood Nee Taylor
1815–1894
Sarah Taylor
1816–
Helena Taylor
1818–1819
Thomas Taylor
1820–
Susanna Taylor
1821–1821
Jane Taylor
1823–1823
Samuel Taylor
1824–

Sources (17)

  • Elizth Taylor in household of Jos Taylor, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Elizabeth Harris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Eliz Harris, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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World Events (5)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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