Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Harris was born on 4 December 1848, in Horley, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Martin Miles Harris, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Harris, was 37. He married Marintha Althera Howells on 4 January 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1851 and lived in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Lake View, Tooele, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 31 May 1916, in Lincoln, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
- Citation of Birth of Henry Harris, son of Martin and Mary Ann Harris
- Henry Howels, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1850
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 *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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HENRY HARRIS
Born: 4 Dec 1848, Horley, Oxford, England Parents: Martin Miles and Mary Ann Harris Died: 31 May 1916, Pine Canyon, Tooele, Utah Arrived in Valley: 1851. Married 1st: Marintha Althera Howls Date: 4 J …
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