When Enoch Harris was born on 29 May 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Robert Harris Jr., was 34 and his mother, Hannah Maria Eagles, was 24. He married Jane Ann Hoskins on 31 December 1866, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 26 September 1924, in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Portage Cemetery, Portage, Box Elder, 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 NamesEnoch Harris was one of 15 children who blessed the home of Robert Harris Jr. and Hannah Maria Eagles. They welcomed him into their family on a lovely spring day, May 29, 1843. They were then living …
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