Brief Life History of Eva Violet
When Eva Violet Harris was born on 7 July 1900, in Bow, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, William George Harris, was 36 and her mother, Rosetta May Smith, was 39. She married Christian Frederick Hansen on 18 July 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bow Common, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Islington, London, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died in December 1976, in Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Eva Violet Harris, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Eva Violet Harris, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Eva V Harris, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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