Brief Life History of Sarah A.
When Sarah A. Harris was born on 31 May 1850, in Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, her father, Schuyler N HARRIS, was 36 and her mother, Hannah M Sherman, was 32. She married William H Pugsley on 25 December 1869, in Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Van, McKinley Township, Emmet, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Paw Paw Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 8 May 1929, in Battle Creek Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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- Sarah Pugsley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah A. Harris - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sarah A Harris
- Sarah A Harris, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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