Evelena Harris

Female21 August 1891–22 April 1936

Brief Life History of Evelena

When Evelena Harris was born on 21 August 1891, in Howard, Elk, Kansas, United States, her father, Franklin Leslie Harris, was 33 and her mother, Mary Ann Schneeberger, was 31. She married Henry John Brown on 19 November 1919, in Howard, Elk, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Union Center Township, Elk, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1920. She died on 22 April 1936, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry John Brown
1890–1978
Evelena Harris
1891–1936
Marriage: 19 November 1919
Henry Harris Brown
1931–1931

Sources (6)

  • Evalane Harris in household of Frank L Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Evalena Harris Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Evalena Harris in household of F L Harris, "Kansas State Census, 1895"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 November 1919Howard, Elk, Kansas, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 5

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 7

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1904

    Age 13

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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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