Alexander Eldoris Harris

Brief Life History of Alexander Eldoris

When Alexander Eldoris Harris was born on 23 January 1876, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Harris, was 70 and his mother, Nancy Evelyn Daniel, was 43. He married Luella Wilson Coleman on 11 February 1894, in Massac, Illinois, United States. He lived in Massac, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 20 October 1959, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Eldoris Harris
1876–1959
Annie Tory Morris
1883–1959
Mildred Alyne Harris
1903–1980
Frank E Harris
1905–
Dora Loretta Harris
1907–1988
Eva Inez Harris
1911–2004
Nancy Evelyn Harris
1915–1999
Charles Alexander Harris
1919–1919

Sources (12)

  • Alex Harris, "United States Census, 1900"
  • A E Harris, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • Alex E Harris in entry for Nancy E Fulton, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1877 · The First Workers Strike

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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.

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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