When Elizabeth Harris was born on 1 April 1838, in Apperley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Harris Jr., was 30 and her mother, Hannah Maria Eagles, was 20. She married Everett Clark Van Orden on 12 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 30 March 1893, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBy Dell R. Van Orden A great-grandson Written in 2004 in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of his father, William Van Orden Everett Van Orden, accord …
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