Brief Life History of Mabel
When Mabel Harris was born on 24 July 1908, in Blackie, Foothills County, Alberta, Canada, her father, Frederick George Harris, was 29 and her mother, Agnes Haggerwood, was 30. She married Leland O'Bray Miles in 1927. She lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 29 December 1991, in South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rose, Sonoma, California, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Mable Miles, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mabel Harris, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951"
- Mabel Miles, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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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