Brief Life History of Nancy Olive
When Nancy Olive Harris was born on 13 May 1798, in Chatham Township, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada, her father, Silas Gapson Harris, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Sawyer, was 30. She married Benjamin Brooks on 8 February 1815, in Chatham Township, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 30 December 1871, in Fairfield Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Olivia Brooks in household of Benj Brooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Olive Harris - Church record: birth-name: Olive Harris
- Nancy Olive Harris Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1792–1864 Male
1798–1871 Female
Children (13)
1815–1862 Male
1817–1901 Male
1819–1863 Female
1824–1899 Male
1825–1862 Male
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1762–1852 Male
1768– Female
Siblings (7)
1784–1881 Male
1788– Male
1790– Female
1791–1806 Female
1795–1852 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1803
Age 5
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 21
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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