Brief Life History of Florence Eliza
When Florence Eliza Harris was born on 20 May 1893, in New Johnstown, Stormont, Upper Canada, British North America, her father, Richard Nathaniel Harris, was 28 and her mother, Jemima Wood, was 37. She died in her hometown, and was buried in Avonmore, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- Florence Eliza Harris, "Ontario, Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899"
- Flossie Elva Harris, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Florence Eliza Harris, "Find a Grave Index"
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1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
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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