Sarah Harris

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Harris was born on 20 August 1780, in Harbury, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Harris, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Shelswell, was 15. She married William Lines on 2 January 1804, in Harbury, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Ludham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Priors Marston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in October 1844, at the age of 64, and was buried in Warwick St Mary, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

William Lines
1776–1855
Sarah Harris
1780–1844
Marriage: 2 January 1804
William Lines
1804–1864
Elizabeth Lines
1805–1881
Sarah Line
1806–
Mary Lines
1809–
Thomas Lines
1810–1868
Elizabeth Line
1812–
Charles Lines
1813–
Richard Lines
1816–1816
John Lines
1816–1816
Ann Lines
1818–
Maria Lines
1820–1821

Sources (20)

  • Sarah Lines in household of William Lines, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Sarah Harris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sarah Ann Hunt, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"

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Children (11)

  1. William Lines
  2. Elizabeth Lines
  3. Sarah Line
  4. Mary Lines
  5. Thomas Lines

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World Events (6)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

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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