When Micah Francis Harris was born on 3 August 1847, in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Harris, was 30 and his mother, Anne Williams, was 28. He married Mary Jane Bond on 15 January 1868, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 6 December 1931, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Henefer Cemetery, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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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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