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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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.
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.
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Jackson, Missouri, United States
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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