James Keith Harris

Brief Life History of James Keith

When James Keith Harris was born on 27 June 1897, in Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Moses David Harris, was 33 and his mother, Electa Belinda Leithead, was 28. He married Minerva Snell on 8 August 1923, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 25 May 1932, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Lovell Cemetery, Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Keith Harris
1897–1932
Minerva Snell
1898–1992
Marriage: 8 August 1923
Keith Snell Harris
1924–2012
Maurene Harris
1927–1928
Nadene Harris
1929–2011
Edna Harris
1931–1931

Sources (18)

  • James Keith Harris, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • James Keith Harris, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Keith Harris, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

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.

1901

First Federal election.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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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