Brief Life History of Mary Anne
When Mary Anne Harris was born on 8 November 1845, in Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia, her father, William Harris, was 33 and her mother, Mary Jane Clarkson, was 27. She married Christian Riley on 14 August 1865, in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in New South Wales, Australia in 1845. She died on 24 March 1905, in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 59, and was buried in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Mary Anne Harris, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Mary Ann Harris, "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980"
- Maryanne in entry for William Henry Reilly, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
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World Events (6)
1847
Gold found in Port Phillip.
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
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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