Virginia Jane Harris

Brief Life History of Virginia Jane

When Virginia Jane Harris was born in 1814, in Warren, Knox, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Harris, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Hendricks, was 23. She married Jehial Owings in 1835, in Warren, Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Sni-A-Bar Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 25 May 1855, at the age of 41, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jehial Owings
1816–1879
Virginia Jane Harris
1814–1855
Marriage: 1835
Mary Elizabeth Owings
1836–1898
Minerva Owings
1838–1897
Richard Owings
1840–1899
William Preston Owings
1841–1900
Nancy Owings
1843–1888
Permilia Jane Owings Johnson
1845–1922
Elijah B Owings
1846–1852
Sarah Helen Owings
1848–1929
Benjamin Dudley Owings
1850–1941
Ellen Owings
1852–
Alexander Harris Owings
1853–1921
Emma Owings
1854–

Sources (1)

  • Virginia Owens in household of Jehila Owens, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (7)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1826

Historical Boundaries: 1826: Jackson, Missouri, United States

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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