Elizabeth Harris

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

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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Family Time Line

Everett Clark Van Orden
1834–1911
Elizabeth Harris
1838–1893
Marriage: 12 March 1857
William Robert Van Orden
1858–1858
Isaac Chauncy Van Orden
1859–1862
Willard Arthur Van Orden
1860–1937
Sarah Elizabeth Van Orden
1862–1917
Everett Clark Van Orden
1864–1864
Marie Antoinette Van Orden
1865–1942
Peter Edmond Van Orden
1868–1957
Mary Adelia Van Orden
1869–1870
Edith Van Orden
1870–1944
Henrietta Van Orden
1873–1953
John Milton Van Orden
1875–1877
Joseph Daniel Van Orden
1876–1877
Charles LeRoy Van Orden
1880–1961
Luella Van Orden
1882–1882
Arminta May Van Orden
1884–1889

Sources (65)

  • Annie M. Van Orden in household of Ernest C. Van Orden, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth Harris, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
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World Events (8)

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

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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The life story of Everett Clark Van Orden

By 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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