Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Harris Jr was born on 22 January 1822, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Harris Sr, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ann Parsons, was 37. He married Elizabeth Morris on 19 July 1844, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 19 September 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Thos Harris in household of Lizzie Harris, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Harris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Harris, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Thomas Harris Jr.
Pioneer of 1855 THOMAS HARRIS JR Written by LaVerne Carman Heath Milligan, Granddaughter Thomas Harris Junior was born January 22, 1822, at Bristol, Gloucester, England, and christene …
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