When Jacob Wayne Harris was born on 10 March 1837, in Bertrand, Niles Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States, his father, John Harris, was 28 and his mother, Lovina Eiler, was 29. He married Eliza Jane Carpenter on 16 August 1863, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in La Plata, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1900 and Flora Vista, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1910. He died on 10 March 1920, in Bloomfield, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in East Hammond Cemetery, Bloomfield, San Juan, New Mexico, 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.
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