Brief Life History of Martin Lenoy
When Martin Lenoy Harris was born on 8 December 1912, in Alabama, United States, his father, Preston Grover Harris, was 25 and his mother, Jessie E. Dearman, was 23. He married Alta Christine Wright on 19 December 1930, in Cuba, Sumter, Alabama, United States. He lived in Beat 5, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years and Richland, Union, South Dakota, United States in 1956. He died on 29 October 1956, in Richland, Benton, Washington, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Kewanee, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Martin L Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- Martin Leroy Harris, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Martin Lenoy Harris, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"
Spouse and Children
1912–1956 Male
1915–1994 Female
Parents and Siblings
1887–1953 Male
1889–1971 Female
Siblings (4)
1912–1956 Male
1915–1993 Female
1917–1918 Female
1919–1992 Female
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established
Age 4
1925 · B.B. King is Born
Age 13
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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