Brief Life History of Evelena
When Evelena Harris was born on 6 December 1891, in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States, her father, Hilliard Josiah Harris, was 21 and her mother, Rachel Jane Elizabeth Tims, was 25. She married Joseph Murray on 16 October 1909, in Alamosa, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Rio Grande, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1944, in Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 53.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Evelyn Murray in household of Joe Murray, "United States Census, 1920"
- Eveline Harris, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Evelyn Murray, "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945"
Spouse and Children
1880–1940 Male
1891–1944 Female
Children (2)
1911–1911 Female
1920–2014 Male
Parents and Siblings
1870–1944 Male
1866–1946 Female
Siblings (4)
1887–1953 Male
1891–1891 Male
1891–1944 Female
1893–1960 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1901 · City Hall Built
Age 10
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 15
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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