Brief Life History of George Nelson
When George Nelson Harris was born on 15 March 1893, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States, his father, George Hutchinson Harris, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Crandall, was 29. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Frances Irene Jenkins. He lived in Onondaga, New York, United States in 1900 and Geddes, Onondaga, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 29 August 1985, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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- Nelson Harris in household of George H Harris, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Nelson Harris - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: George Nelson Harris
- George Nelson Harris, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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