When Joseph Robert Harris was born on 28 March 1836, in Leigh, Gloucestershire, England, his father, Robert Harris Jr., was 28 and his mother, Hannah Maria Eagles, was 18. He married Mary Elizabeth Green on 7 January 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870 and Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1870. He died on 1 January 1896, in Woodruff, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Portage Cemetery, Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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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.
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Possible Related NamesJoseph Harris was born March 26, 1836, at Apperly, Gloucestershire, England, the son of Robert Harris, Jr. and Hannah Maria Eagles. He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter …
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