When Matilda Frances Harris was born on 3 October 1853, in Clay, Illinois, United States, her father, William P Harris, was 44 and her mother, Margaret Ann Conour, was 33. She married William Henry Howey on 19 October 1871, in Marion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Claremont Township, Richland, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Claremont, Richland, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died in November 1924, in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Clay, Illinois, United States
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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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