Rebecca Harris

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Harris was born on 21 August 1842, in Bertrand, Niles Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States, her father, John Harris, was 33 and her mother, Lovina Eiler, was 34. She married William Reed Stockbridge Warren on 8 August 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and Chicken Creek, Juab, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 2 May 1927, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Reed Stockbridge Warren
1818–1882
Rebecca Harris
1842–1927
Marriage: 8 August 1858
John Stockbridge Warren
1859–1946
Ella Warren
1862–1863
Emma Jane Warren
1864–1935

Sources (16)

  • Rebecca Harris in household of John Harris, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rebecca Harris, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • Rebecca Harris in entry for John S. Warren, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1845

Historical Boundaries: NOTE: Twality is sometimes spelled Tuality. 1845: Twality, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Twality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Twality, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Harris, Rebecca Warren 1842-1927 of Central

Rebecca Warren, the second Central Ward Relief Society president, brought her family to Central, Graham County, Arizona, in the mid-1880's. Rebecca Harris Warren was born 21 August 1842 in Bertrand …

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