Catherine Margaret Harris

Brief Life History of Catherine Margaret

When Catherine Margaret Harris was born on 3 May 1810, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Rowland Harris Jr., was 48 and her mother, Mary Ramsey, was 41.

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Family Time Line

Rowland Harris Jr.
1762–1827
Mary Ramsey
1769–1853
James Harris
1782–
Rebecca Harris
1787–1859
Jane Harris
1789–
Hannah ( Anna) Harris
1792–
Susannah Harris
1794–1852
Sarah "Sally" Harris
1797–1864
John Harris
1799–1844
Rowland Harris
1800–1878
Ephriam Harris
1801–
Mary Elizabeth Harris
1802–
James Harris
1804–
Benjamin Harris
1806–
Charlotte Harris
1808–
Catherine Margaret Harris
1810–

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    World Events (3)

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1830 · Trail of Tears

    In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

    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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