Brief Life History of Myrtle
Myrtle Harris was born on 8 February 1889, in Tennessee, United States. She married William T Breeding on 22 September 1912, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 2, Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 19 August 1986, at the age of 97, and was buried in Brookville, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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- Myrtle Breeding, "United States Census, 1940"
- Myrtle Harris, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Myrtle Harris Breeding, "Find A Grave Index"
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1890 · Woman's Suffrage
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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