When Daniel Richard Harris was born on 5 May 1853, in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Harris, was 36 and his mother, Anne Williams, was 34. He married Jeanette Fife on 16 March 1881, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 March 1928, in Dinuba, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1866: Kern, California, 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.
Possible Related NamesBRIEF BITS ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS Thomas Harris and Ann Williams and their sons, Thomas, Micah and Dan Harris Reunion—July 19, 1980 It is our desire to prepare a short excerpt to better acquaint “Our …
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