When Julia Bell Harris was born on 31 August 1870, in Morgan, Calhoun, Georgia, United States, her father, John G. Harris, was 30 and her mother, Martha F Whitaker, was 25. She married Melvin Augusta Moses on 22 December 1887, in Milam Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 25 January 1953, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ralls, Crosby, Texas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Crosby, Texas, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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