Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Harris was born on 13 June 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, John Harris, was 38 and his mother, Lovina Eiler, was 39. He married Lodemia Sly on 13 September 1869, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Otter Creek Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Arlington, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1910. He died on 13 September 1920, in San Marcos, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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- Oliver Harris in household of Lucinda Harris, "United States Census, 1850"
- Oliver Harris, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- Oliver Harris in entry for Emma Harris, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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BIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER HARRIS
Oliver Harris was born on 13 June 1847 at Council bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa to John and Lovina Eiler Harris. He was the eighth of ten children, four girls and six boys. His father John was born …
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