When Ora Oscar Harness was born on 25 February 1894, in Oregon Township, Starke, Indiana, United States, his father, Mathias Dawson Harness, was 45 and his mother, Nancy Jennett Albertson, was 33. He married Pearl Kennie Myers on 11 December 1920, in Starke, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and California Township, Starke, Indiana, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1894. He died on 13 January 1951, in Knox, Center Township, Starke, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Knox, Center Township, Starke, Indiana, United States.
English (Lincolnshire): of Norman origin, from the Middle English and Old French personal name Erneis, Herneis (ancient Germanic Arn(e)gis, possibly from arn- ‘eagle’ + the base-form of gisl- ‘pledge, hostage’). Compare Ernest .
English (Lincolnshire): occasionally possibly also a nickname from Middle English, Old French harneis ‘harness, equipment, gear, tackle (especially body armor and horse trappings)’, used to denote a maker of harnesses or other equipment, or someone who wore a distinctive suit of armor.
Norwegian: old variant of Harnes (and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this), a habitational name from the farm name Harnes, from an unattested word for ‘rock, stony soil’ + nes ‘promontory, headland’.
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