Brief Life History of William E
When William E Harris was born on 23 November 1839, in Apperley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Harris Jr., was 31 and his mother, Hannah Maria Eagles, was 22. He married Lucinda Landon on 2 September 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Albion, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 26 September 1911, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Elba, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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- William Harris in household of Robert Harris, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Harris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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History of William E. Harris
History of William E. Harris by Darryl Harris William E. Harris was born on 23 Nov 1839 in Apperley, Gloucestershire, England. He came to America with his parents in 1841, lived in Nauvoo as a child, …
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