When Hone John Pere Hare Harris was born on 12 April 1912, in Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, his father, Penenara Tamati Hare Harris, was 24 and his mother, Te Miringa Mate Roa Rora Te Whata, was 25. He married Maata Martha Ruka on 19 May 1934, in Otaua, Far North, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 8 December 1974, at the age of 62, and was buried in Tāheke, Far North, New Zealand.
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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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