Brief Life History of Sidney Shorland
When Sidney Shorland Harris was born on 23 July 1850, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Harris, was 50 and his mother, Ann Shorland, was 39. He lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 30 November 1876, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 26.
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- Sidney Harris in household of John Harris, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Sidney Shorland Harris, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Sidney Harris in household of John Harris, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (1)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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