Brief Life History of Hyrum Smith
When Hyrum Smith Harris was born on 2 October 1860, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Dennison Lott Harris, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Ann Wilson, was 36. He married Lexia Amina Curtis on 11 July 1889, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 February 1937, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Hyrum Smith Harris, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1931
- Hyrum S Harris, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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