When Amanda L Harrison was born in November 1842, in Centreville, Bibb, Alabama, United States, her father, Absalom C Harrison, was 38 and her mother, Amanda Louisa Woodruff, was 25. She married William James Rousseau on 1 January 1885, in Oktibbeha, Kemper, Mississippi, United States. She lived in Beat 4, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years and Beat 1, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died before 1910, in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States.
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English (northern): from the Middle English personal name Harry or Herry + -son. These were the common pronunciations of Henry (see Harry ).
History: Harrison is an extremely common surname in northern England. One important and influential American family of bearers are descended from Benjamin Harrison, who emigrated from England to VA in 1633 or 1634. Descendants include another Benjamin Harrison (c. 1726–91), who was an activist in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His son William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) both became presidents of the US.
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