Brief Life History of Thomas William
When Thomas William Harris was born on 31 December 1844, in Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Harris, was 28 and his mother, Anne Williams, was 26. He married Catherine Davis on 28 March 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 7 July 1927, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Henefer Cemetery, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Harris in household of Ann Harris, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Thomas Williams Harris, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Thomas D. Harris in entry for Micah D. Harris, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
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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BRIEF BITS ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS Thomas Harris and Ann Williams and their sons, Thomas, Micah and Dan Harris Reunion—July 19, 1980 It is our desire to prepare a short excerpt to better acquaint “Our …
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